Satisfaction of residents on public housings built before and after implementation of ISO9000

Habitat International

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-56

  Ng, S Thomas ^a   Palaneeswaran, Ekambaram ^b   Kumaraswamy, Mohan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Construction; Inhabitant satisfaction; ISO9000; Quality management

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HOUSING PROJECT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; STANDARD (REGULATION);

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 77956905331     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2010.03.003     Document Type: Article

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