Design history of China's gated cities and neighbourhoods: Prototype and evolution

Urban Design International

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-117

  Xu, Miao ^a   Yang, Zhen ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GATED COMMUNITY; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBAN SOCIETY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 67649876376     PISSN: 13575317     EISSN: 14684519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/udi.2009.12     Document Type: Review

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