Smart growth and development reality: The difficult co-ordination of land use and transport objectives

Urban Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 501-524

  Filion, Pierre ^a   McSpurren, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND USE PLANNING; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN POLICY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 34247625079     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980601176055     Document Type: Article

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