Reconfiguring the CBD: Work and discourses of design in Sydney's office space

Urban Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1751-1767

  O'Neill, Phillip M ^a   McGuirk, Pauline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT; DESIGN; OFFICE LOCATION; URBAN ECONOMY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0012032591     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0042098032000106582     Document Type: Article

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