Planning and Affordable Housing in Australia and the UK: A Comparative Perspective

Housing Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 1193-1214

  Gurran, Nicole ^a   Whitehead, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

affordable housing; inclusionary zoning; Planning; planning gain

Indexed keywords

HOUSING POLICY; LAND USE PLANNING; PLANNING SYSTEM; POST-WAR; TOWN PLANNING; URBAN PLANNING; ZONING SYSTEM;

AUSTRALIA; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84858303516     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2011.618982     Document Type: Article

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