Housing commodities, context and meaning: Transformations in Japan's urban condominium sector

Urban Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2467-2483

  Ronald, Richard ^a   Hirayama, Yosuke ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; HOMEOWNER; HOUSING MARKET; LAND MARKET; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; URBAN HOUSING; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33845236595     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980600970680     Document Type: Article

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