Fuel poverty and high-rise living: Using community-based interviewers to investigate tenants' inability to keep warm in their homes

Journal of Poverty and Social Justice

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 109-121

  De Haro, Maria Teresa ^a   Koslowski, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community action research; Fuel poverty; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881303428     PISSN: 17598273     EISSN: 17598281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/175982713X668917     Document Type: Article

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