Housing environment preference of young consumers in Guangzhou, China: Using the analytic hierarchy process

Property Management

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 174-192

  Wu, Fan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; China; Housing; Quality of life; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954233587     PISSN: 02637472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02637471011051318     Document Type: Article

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