Open for Business but at What Cost? Housing issues in ‘boomtown’ Darwin

Australian Geographer

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 447-464

  Ennis, Gretchen ^a   Tofa, Matalena ^a   Finlayson, Mary ^a  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

boomtown; Darwin; housing affordability; housing availability; housing services; real estate

Indexed keywords

AFFORDABLE HOUSING; ECONOMIC GROWTH; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING MARKET; INVESTMENT;

AUSTRALIA; DARWIN; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 84908155551     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2014.953732     Document Type: Article

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