Network City: Retrofitting the perth metropolitan region to facilitate sustainable travel

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-180

  Curtis, Carey ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

land use transport integration; regional planning; spatial planning; sustainable travels; Urban form; urban structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845715661     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111140600703691     Document Type: Article

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