The construction of UK sustainable housing policy and the role of pressure groups

Local Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 329-345

  Pickvance, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business lobbies; Housing policy; Pressure groups; Sustainable housing; Zero carbon

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951492189     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549830902764712     Document Type: Article

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