Public housing and social sustainability indicators: HK-BEAM as a case study

COBRA 2006 - Proceedings of the Annual Research Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mohammad, F ^a   Amato, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Building assessment tools; Hong Kong; Housing; Public housing; Social indicators; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION; BUILDING ASSESSMENT; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; HONG-KONG; HOUSING CONSTRUCTION; PILOT STUDIES; PUBLIC HOUSING; SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HOUSING; PLANNING; RATING; RESEARCH; SURVEYING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84859039444     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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