The study of urban form in Australia

Urban Morphology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-100

  Siksna, Arnis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Geography; Town planning; Urban design; Urban morphology

Indexed keywords

TOWN PLANNING; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33750472292     PISSN: 10274278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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