The death and life of urban design: Jane Jacobs, the Rockefeller Foundation and the new research in urbanism, 1955-1965

Journal of Urban Design

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-172

  Laurence, Peter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESEARCH PROGRAM; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 33745241840     PISSN: 13574809     EISSN: 14699664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13574800600644001     Document Type: Article

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