Planning at the limit: Immigration and post-war Birmingham

Journal of Historical Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 513-527

  Chan, Wun Fung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birmingham; Deconstruction; Immigration; Planning; Reconstruction; Scale

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT POPULATION; POST-WAR; URBAN PLANNING;

BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 27944483613     PISSN: 03057488     EISSN: 10958614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhg.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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