Urban villages as self-sufficient, integrated communities: A case study in London's Docklands

Urban Design International

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-52

  Tait, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Local activity; Urban village

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; RENEWAL POLICY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN RENEWAL; VILLAGE; NEIGHBORHOOD; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

DOCKLANDS; ENGLAND (LONDON); UNITED KINGDOM; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0242275012     PISSN: 13575317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.udi.9000092     Document Type: Article

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