What makes a location attractive for the housing consumer? Preliminary findings from metropolitan Helsinki and Randstad Holland using the analytical hierarchy process

Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-176

  Kauko, Tom ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process (AHP); Attractivenessof a location; Metropolitan Helsinki; Randstad Holland; Stated choice

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; HOUSING CONDITIONS; HOUSING MARKET; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SUBURBAN AREA;

BENELUX; ETELA-SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; HELSINKI; NETHERLANDS; NORTHERN EUROPE; RANDSTAD; SCANDINAVIA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748646753     PISSN: 15664910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10901-006-9040-y     Document Type: Article

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