The “nature” of urbanism on the new urbanist frontier: Sustainable development, or defense of the suburban dream?

Urban Geography

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 249-267

  Zimmerman, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

New Urbanism; Sustainable development; Urban design

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTALISM; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SUBURBAN AREA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034787595     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.22.3.249     Document Type: Article

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