The "studio abroad" as a mode of transcultural engagement in urban planning education: A reflection on ten years Of Sino-Canadian collaboration

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-102

  Abramson, Daniel Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

China international collaboration; Participatory design; Planning pedagogy

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; URBAN PLANNING;

ASIA; CANADA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 27844449580     PISSN: 0739456X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X04271475     Document Type: Review

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