One task, a few approaches, many impacts: Private-sector involvement in Canadian building code enforcement

Canadian Public Administration

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-374

  Van Der Heijden, Jeroen ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77958085971     PISSN: 00084840     EISSN: 17547121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-7121.2010.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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