Assessment of residential satisfaction in public housing in Ogun State, Nigeria

Habitat International

Volumn 40, Issue , 2013, Pages 163-175

  Ibem, Eziyi Offia ^a   Aduwo, Egidario B ^a  

^a Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Core housing; Public housing; Public private partnerships; Residential satisfaction; Shell stage; Turnkey

Indexed keywords

HOUSING CONDITIONS; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN HOUSING;

NIGERIA; OGUN;

EID: 84878380530     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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