Determining optimal building height

Urban Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 591-608

  Chau, Kwong Wing ^a   Wong, S K ^a   Yau, Y ^a   Yeung, A K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; POLICY MAKING; TOWN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 34247584562     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980601131902     Document Type: Article

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