Agencement in housing markets: The case of the UK construction industry

Geoforum

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 457-468

  Lovell, Heather ^a   Smith, Susan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b GIRTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agencement; Assemblage; Housing construction; Lock in; Masonry; Prefabrication

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DECISION MAKING; HOUSING MARKET; INNOVATION; MASONRY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77649337640     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.11.015     Document Type: Article

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