The commodification of land and housing: The case of South Korea

Housing Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 557-580

  La Grange, Adrienne ^a   Jung, Hee Nam ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Korea Research Institute for Human Settlement   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Commodification; Housing; South Korea; Urban development

Indexed keywords

HOUSING POLICY; LAND MARKET; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 3843073267     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0267303042000221963     Document Type: Article

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