Transferability in cross-national planning and urban policy research: A mapping method and pilot demonstration

Geography Research Forum

Volumn 1997, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 37-53

  Alexander, E R ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clustering; Cross national; Mapping; Planning; Policy; Transferability; Urban

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; MAPPING; METHODOLOGY; PLANNING METHOD; TRANSFERABILITY; URBAN POLICY;

EID: 0031394464     PISSN: 03335275     EISSN: 24148725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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