Praças, place, and public life in urban brazil

Geographical Review

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 475-492

  Curtis, James R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Latin america; Plazas; Urban squares

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040185882     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2000.tb00350.x     Document Type: Article

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