Making space: Residential trajectories in Hong Kong

Urban Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 756-778

  Yip, Ngai Ming ^a   La Grange, Adrienne ^a   Forrest, Ray ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

High density cities; Hong Kong; Residential mobility; Space consumption

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; LIFE CYCLE; LIVING STANDARD; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; URBAN GEOGRAPHY;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 73449137219     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.30.7.756     Document Type: Article

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