Extending the compass of plan analysis: A Chinese exploration

Urban Morphology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 91-109

  Whitehand, Jeremy W R ^a   Gu, Kai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

China; Conzen; Fixation lines; Pingyao; Plan analysis; Plot patterns; Street patterns

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL RECORD; PLANNING PROCESS; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBAN PLANNING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 35348949918     PISSN: 10274278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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