Ambiguous Property Rights: A Taxonomic and Exploratory Account of Post-colonial Rural Housing in Chinese Hong Kong

Urban Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2052-2067

  Lai, Lawrence ^a   Lorne, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

ambiguous property rights; customary rights; de facto rights; de jure rights; licence

Indexed keywords

LAND MARKET; POST-COLONIALISM; PROPERTY RIGHTS; URBAN HOUSING;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84908007728     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013505924     Document Type: Article

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