Sustainable housing practices in malaysian housing development: Towards establishing sustainability index

International Journal of Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-93

  Bakar, Abu Hassan Abu ^a   Cheen, Khor Soo ^a   Rahmawaty, ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Building (housing); Malaysia; Sustainability index; Sustainable housing development; Urban development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870806723     PISSN: 20869614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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