Housing aspirations and obsolescence: Understanding the relationship

Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 321-338

  Kintrea, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspirations; Housing Development; Housing Renewal; Obsolescence

Indexed keywords

HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSING; HOUSING MARKET; HOUSING POLICY; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN POLICY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35649027304     PISSN: 15664910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10901-007-9087-4     Document Type: Article

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