Enablers and challenges of a sustainable housing industry in Malaysia

Construction Innovation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-25

  Abidin, Nazirah Zainul ^a   Yusof, Noraini ^a   Othman, Ayman A E ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b The British University in Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Developers; Housing challenges; Housing industry; Malaysia; Real estate; Sustainable construction; Sustainable construction enablers; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872099779     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714171311296039     Document Type: Article

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