Society seen through the prism of space: Outline of a theory of society and space

Urban Design International

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 181-203

  Hillier, Bill ^a   Netto, Vinicius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Society; Spatialisation; Technology; Theory of space

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL THEORY; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN SOCIETY;

EID: 0038674855     PISSN: 13575317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.udi.9000077     Document Type: Article

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