Townscape assessment: The development of a practical tool for monitoring and assessing visual quality in the built environment

Urban Morphology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-41

  Reeve, Alan ^a   Goodey, Brian ^a   Shipley, Robert ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evaluation methods; Townscape; Urban design; Urban quality

Indexed keywords

HERITAGE CONSERVATION; REGENERATION; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247239391     PISSN: 10274278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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