The value of the provision of a balcony in apartments in Hong Kong

Property Management

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 250-264

  Wing Chau, Kwong ^a   Kei Wong, Siu ^a   Yim Yiu, Chung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Environmental management; Extensions (buildings); Hong Kong; Modelling; Prices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986159794     PISSN: 02637472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02637470410545020     Document Type: Article

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