Results from a Post-Occupancy Evaluation of five primary schools

Contemporary Ergonomics 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 462-470

  Newman, M ^a   Woodcock, A ^a   Dunham, P ^a  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITY COUNCIL; COVENTRIES; POST OCCUPANCY EVALUATION; PRIMARY SCHOOLS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 84859913783     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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