Simulating planning: Sim City as a pedagogical tool

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-121

  Gaber, John ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Planning pedagogy; SimCity

Indexed keywords

EID: 36349014227     PISSN: 0739456X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X07305791     Document Type: Article

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