The changing meaning of urban capacity: A need to reflect on planning for infrastructure

Town Planning Review

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 403-422

  Gunn, Susannah ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSING MANAGEMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; LAND USE; URBAN AREA; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 34248640287     PISSN: 00410020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/tpr.77.4.3     Document Type: Article

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