Industrialized housing in China: A coin with two sides

International Journal of Strategic Property Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-157

  Zhang, Xiaoling ^a   Skitmore, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benefits; Case study; China; Hindrances; Industrialized housing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862592028     PISSN: 1648715X     EISSN: 16489179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/1648715X.2011.638945     Document Type: Article

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