Housing maintenance management: The key-factor when creating healthy environment

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 457-470

  Liias, Roode ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltic region; Healthy living; Housing maintenance; Owner occupation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

HABITABLE ENVIRONMENT; HOUSING MAINTENANCE; HOUSING STOCK;

HOUSING;

HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSING MANAGEMENT; MAINTENANCE; RESIDENT POPULATION; STANDARD OF LIVING;

ASPIRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIENCE; FUNDING; HEALTH; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; INVESTMENT; KNOWLEDGE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

BALTIC REGION; EURASIA;

EID: 34548845829     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2007.014822     Document Type: Conference Paper

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