Dwelling as an expression of identity. A comparative study among residents in high-priced and low-priced neighbourhoods in Norway

Housing, Theory and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 272-292

  Hauge, Åshild Lappegard ^a   Kolstad, Arnulf ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dwelling; Home; Housing; Identity; Self; Symbol aesthetics

Indexed keywords

IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN SOCIETY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 36248988521     PISSN: 14036096     EISSN: 16512278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14036090701434318     Document Type: Article

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