Cities as art: Exploring the possibility of an aesthetic dimension in planning

Planning Theory and Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-32

  Talen, Emily ^a   Ellis, Cliff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; ESTHETICS; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 1842789108     PISSN: 14649357     EISSN: 1470000X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1464935042000185044     Document Type: Article

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