Residents Speak Out: Re-Appraising Home Ownership, Property Rights and Place Attachment in a Risk Society

Housing, Theory and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 131-155

  Elliott, Peter ^a   Wadley, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Home ownership; Place attachment; Risk perception; Risk society; Security

Indexed keywords

HOMEOWNERSHIP; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RISK PERCEPTION; SENSE OF PLACE; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84879150843     PISSN: 14036096     EISSN: 16512278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14036096.2012.686452     Document Type: Article

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