Coordination and waste in industrialised housing

Construction Innovation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-91

  Sandberg, Erik ^a   Bildsten, Louise ^a  

^a LINKÖPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Housing; Sweden; Waste

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957493823     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714171111104646     Document Type: Article

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