Designing neighbourhoods for social interaction: The case of cohousing

Journal of Urban Design

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-227

  Williams, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSING CONDITIONS; NEIGHBORHOOD;

EID: 21444453969     PISSN: 13574809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13574800500086998     Document Type: Article

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