Regenerating unpopular social housing estates: Can complexity theory help to achieve best possible solutions?

Housing, Theory and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 65-91

  Shine, Kasey Treadwell ^a  

^a Irish Life Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Complexity theory; Estate regeneration; Housing management reforms; Local authority housing management

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; HOUSING MANAGEMENT; HOUSING REFORM; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; REGENERATION; SOCIAL HOUSING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745557415     PISSN: 14036096     EISSN: 16512278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14036090600687099     Document Type: Article

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