Building depreciation and sustainable development

Journal of Building Appraisal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-103

  Yiu, Chung Yim ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTION OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS   (United Kingdom)

^c Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors

Author keywords

Housing depreciation; Sensitive analysis; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548013478     PISSN: 17428262     EISSN: 17449545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jba.2950072     Document Type: Article

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