Determinant of residential location choice in a transitional housing market: Evidence based on micro survey from Beijing

Habitat International

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 16-24

  Wu, Wenjie ^a   Zhang, Wenzhong ^b,c   Dong, Guanpeng ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Housing market; Local public goods; Location choice; Transitional economy

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DECISION MAKING; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HOUSING MARKET; PUBLIC GOODS; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84870378646     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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