Doing the 'impossible': notes for a general theory of planning

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 667-680

  Alexander, E R ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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Indexed keywords

CONTINGENT FRAMEWORK; PLANNING THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0031755649     PISSN: 02658135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/b250667     Document Type: Article

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