Housing and transport expenditure: Socio-spatial indicators of affordability in Auckland

Cities

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 69-83

  Mattingly, K ^a,b   Morrissey, J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Planning   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cost; Housing affordability; Indicators; Transportation; Urban form

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; COMMUTING; COST; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; SOCIAL INDICATOR; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN TRANSPORT;

AUCKLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 84893660607     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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