Accelerating construction industry development

Journal of Construction in Developing Countries

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-94

  Kumaraswamy, Mohan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Development; Infrastructure; Relational; Sustainable; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250868891     PISSN: 18236499     EISSN: 21804222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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