Riparian anomie: Reflections on the Los Angeles River

Landscape Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-145

  Gandy, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Landscape; Los Angeles; Modernity; Urban infrastructure; Water

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE PLANNING; RIPARIAN ZONE;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646705919     PISSN: 01426397     EISSN: 14699710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01426390600638471     Document Type: Article

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