Residential mobility and aging population in Hong Kong

Habitat International

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-14

  Hui, Eddie Chi Man ^a   Yu, Ka Hung ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Census; Elderly; Hong Kong; Residential mobility

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; CENSUS; ELDERLY POPULATION; MOBILITY; RESIDENT POPULATION; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; KOWLOON; NEW TERRITORIES; TSUEN WAN;

EID: 56949096816     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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