Indicators and core area planning: Applications in Canada's mid-sized cities

Planning Practice and Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-80

  Seasons, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; METHODOLOGY; PLANNING PRACTICE; URBAN PLANNING;

CANADA;

EID: 0345330841     PISSN: 02697459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0269745032000132646     Document Type: Article

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