Meeting first-time buyers' housing needs and preferences in greater Kuala Lumpur

Cities

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 389-396

  Tan, Teck Hong ^a  

^a SUNWAY UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Affordable housing scheme; Greater Kuala Lumpur; Homeownership; Housing attributes; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSING PROJECT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; URBAN AREA;

KUALA LUMPUR [KUALA LUMPUR (ADS)]; KUALA LUMPUR [WEST MALAYSIA]; MALAYSIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84867396893     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2011.11.016     Document Type: Article

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