Homeowners' participation in management of multi-storey residential buildings: The Hong Kong's case

Property Management

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 345-356

  Yau, Yung ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Housing; Housing management; Logistic model; Modelling; Resident participation; Sustainable built environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051706239     PISSN: 02637472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02637471111154791     Document Type: Article

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