The affordability of owner occupied housing in Beijing

Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 317-335

  Yang, Zan ^a   Shen, Yue ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; China; Economic housing plan; Housing affordability; Low to medium income household; Residual income

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LOW INCOME HOUSING; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN HOUSING;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 55649114637     PISSN: 15664910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10901-008-9120-2     Document Type: Article

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