Home ownership and residential satisfaction: Evidence from Hangzhou, China

Habitat International

Volumn 49, Issue , 2015, Pages 74-83

  Huang, Zhonghua ^a   Du, Xuejun ^b   Yu, Xiaofen ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Home ownership; Ordered logit model; Residential satisfaction

Indexed keywords

HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSING CONDITIONS; HOUSING PROVISION; RESIDENTIAL SATISFACTION; URBAN HOUSING;

CHINA; HANGZHOU; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 84930195665     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.05.008     Document Type: Article

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