Neighborhood street layout and property value: The interaction of accessibility and land use mix

Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-141

  Matthews, John W ^a   Turnbull, Geoffrey K ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Housing prices; Neighborhood design; New Urbanism; Space syntax

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547830238     PISSN: 08955638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11146-007-9035-9     Document Type: Article

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