The leasehold system as a land management measure to attain sustainable development planning by contract: A Hong Kong case study

Property Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 272-292

  Ho, Eric C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Land; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745632162     PISSN: 02637472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02637470610660156     Document Type: Article

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