Path dependency and emergent relations: Explaining the different role of limited profit housing in the dynamic urban regimes of Vienna and Zurich

Housing, Theory and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 204-220

  Julie, Lawson ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b AHURI Research Centre RMIT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Comparison; Critical realism; Historical analysis; Social rental housing

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HOUSING PROVISION; RENTAL SECTOR; SOCIAL HOUSING; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRIA; SWITZERLAND; VIENNA; ZURICH [SWITZERLAND]; ZURICH [ZURICH (ADS)];

EID: 77955133485     PISSN: 14036096     EISSN: 16512278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14036090903326437     Document Type: Article

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