Creating sustainable urban built environments: An application of hedonic house price models in Wuhan, China

Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 219-235

  Huang, Hao ^a   Yin, Li ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Built environment; GIS; Green space; Hedonic house models; Light rail; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939890370     PISSN: 15664910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10901-014-9403-8     Document Type: Article

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