Water and power networks and urban fragmentation in Los Angeles: Rethinking assumed mechanisms

Geoforum

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1833-1842

  MacKillop, Fionn ^a   Boudreau, Julie Anne ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Incorporation; Integration; Los Angeles; Secession; Splintering urbanism; Sprawl; Urban fragmentation; Urban networks; Water and power networks

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; FRAGMENTATION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INFRASTRUCTURE; URBAN AREA;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56949096511     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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