An assessment of sustainable housing affordability using a multiple criteria decision making method

Omega (United Kingdom)

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 270-279

  Mulliner, Emma ^a   Smallbone, Kieran ^b   Maliene, Vida ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Affordability; Affordable housing; COPRAS; Multiple criteria decision making (MCDM); Sustainable communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867029945     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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