The gender gap in architectural practice: Can we afford it?

People and Culture in Construction: A Reader

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 159-183

  Graft Johnson, Ann De ^a   Manley, Sandra ^a   Greed, Clara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Architecture; Inequalities and stereotyping; Under representation; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 37549040404     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203640913     Document Type: Chapter

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