A framework for housing market area delineation: Principles and application

Urban Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2225-2247

  Brown, Peter J B ^a   Hincks, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSING MARKET; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; REGIONALIZATION; URBAN HOUSING;

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

EID: 51649113458     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098008095866     Document Type: Review

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