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Hindrance and Benefits to Green Building Implementation: Evidence from Benin City, Nigeria

Real Estate Management and Valuation
Volume 29 (2021): Issue 3 (September 2021)
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|Aug 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/remav-2021-0022 | Journal eISSN: 2300-5289
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Language: English
Page range: 65 - 76
Published on: Aug 13, 2021
Published by: Real Estate Management and Valuation
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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Keywords:
awareness,
built environment,
green building,
greenhouse gas,
sustainable development
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Political economics, other

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