Housing policy, work-residence mismatch and poverty concentration

Habitat International

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 198-208

  Hui, Eddie C M ^a   Zhong, Jiawei ^a   Yu, Kahung ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Joint effect; New town; Poverty concentration; Public housing; Spatial mismatch

Indexed keywords

HOUSING POLICY; METROPOLITAN AREA; POVERTY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SOCIAL HOUSING; SPATIAL VARIATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84927644321     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.03.011     Document Type: Article

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