Counting the costs: Planning requirements, infrastructure contributions, and residential development in Australia

AHURI Final Report

Volumn , Issue 140, 2009, Pages 1-111

  Gurran, Nicole ^a   Ruming, Kristian ^b   Randolph, Bill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Costs; Infrastructure contributions; Planning requirements; Residential development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907587146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18347223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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