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1. Introduction

Authors : Zan Yang, Jie Chen

Published in: Housing Affordability and Housing Policy in Urban China

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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During the past 20 years, China has made impressive progress in the reformation of its urban housing sector, improving the housing conditions for hundreds of millions within a short period of time. However, the affordability of housing still poses a severe challenge in urban China.

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Title: Introduction
Authors: Zan Yang
Jie Chen
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Book: Housing Affordability and Housing Policy in Urban China
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-54043-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-642-54044-8

Copyright Year: 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54044-8_1

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