Evaluation of the urban renewal projects in social dimensions

Property Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 257-269

  Lee, Grace K L ^a   Chan, Edwin H W ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Project evaluation; Redevelopment; Social environment; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955872145     PISSN: 02637472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02637471011065683     Document Type: Article

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