Reporting on the state of infrastructure by local government

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 441-459

  Walker, R G ^a   Clarke, F L ^b   Dean, G W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assets valuation; Infrastructure; Local government; Planned maintenance; Replacement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986106213     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513579910283477     Document Type: Article

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