Suburban decentralization and the new urbanism: A pragmatic inquiry into value-based claims

Journal of Architectural and Planning Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-43

  Christens, Brian ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZATION; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63749118759     PISSN: 07380895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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