Neighbourhood identities and household location choice: Estate agents' perspectives

Journal of Place Management and Development

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 243-263

  Levy, Deborah ^a   Lee, Christina K C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS SCHOOL   (New Zealand)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Neighbourhood choice; New Zealand; Personal identity; Residential areas; Residential property; Suburb identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993012395     PISSN: 17538335     EISSN: 17538343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538331111176066     Document Type: Article

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