'Ageing in place'? Exploring elderly people's housing preferences in Spain

Urban Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 295-316

  Costa Font, Joan ^a   Elvira, David ^b   Mascarilla Miró, Oscar ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN SOCIETY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 58549110063     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098008099356     Document Type: Article

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