Housing in the context of economic and social development of Lithuanian regions

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 35, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 309-330

  Ginevicius, Romualdas ^a   Podvezko, Valentinas ^a  

^a VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Environment; Housing; Multicriteria methods; Regional housing development

Indexed keywords

HOUSING;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; HOUSING CONSTRUCTION; MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION; MULTI-CRITERIA METHOD; QUALITATIVE EVALUATIONS; REGIONAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HOUSING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL POLICY; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GOVERNMENT; HOUSING; LITHUANIA; POLICY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL EVOLUTION;

BALTIC STATES; EURASIA; EUROPE; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 57149118014     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijep.2008.021363     Document Type: Article

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