Sustainable retirement village for older people: a case study in Brisbane, Australia

International Journal of Strategic Property Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 149-158

  Xia, Bo ^a   Zuo, Jian ^b   Skitmore, Martin ^a   Chen, Qing ^c   Rarasati, Ayomi ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Australia; Case study; Retirement village; Sustainability; Triple bottom line

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931449974     PISSN: 1648715X     EISSN: 16489179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/1648715X.2015.1029564     Document Type: Article

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