Assessment of the qualitative adequacy of newly constructed public housing in Ogun State, Nigeria

Property Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 285-304

  Ibem, Eziyi O ^a   Amole, O O ^b  

^a Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Housing; Housing services and infrastructure; Housing unit attributes; Management of estates; Neighbourhood facilities; Nigeria; Public housing; Qualitative housing adequacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959271859     PISSN: 02637472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02637471111139437     Document Type: Article

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