Compositional and urban form effects on residential property value patterns in Greater London

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Urban Design and Planning

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 176-199

  Chiaradia, Alain ^a   Hillier, Bill ^b   Schwander, Christian ^c   Barnes, Yolande ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Planning Association for the Greater Munich Area   (Germany)

^d Savills Residential Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design methods Aids; Economics Finance; Urban regeneration

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COSTS; ECONOMICS; HOUSING; LAND USE; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SYNTACTICS;

AMBIENT DENSITY; DESIGN METHOD; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIPLE DWELLINGS; RELATIVE DENSITY; RESIDENTIAL DWELLING; SPATIAL FACTORS; URBAN REGENERATION;

SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

DESIGN METHOD; ECONOMIC REGENERATION; HEDONIC ANALYSIS; PROPERTY MARKET; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN RENEWAL;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84887161750     PISSN: 17550793     EISSN: 17550807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/udap.10.00030     Document Type: Article

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