Occupant's satisfaction approach to housing performance evaluation: The case of Nigeria

COBRA 2009 - Construction and Building Research Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 985-997

  Fatoye, E O ^a   Odusami, K T ^b  

^a Lagos State Polytechnic   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Housing; Occupant's satisfaction; Performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING PERFORMANCE; CEILING HEIGHT; END USERS; ESSENTIAL FACILITIES; FIRE FIGHTING; NIGERIA; OCCUPANT'S SATISFACTION; PERFORMANCE BASED; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PRIMARY SOURCES; SITE LOCATION;

BENCHMARKING; SURVEYS;

HOUSING;

EID: 84860486812     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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