Urban morphology types and open space distribution in urban core areas

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 417-424

  James, Philip ^a   Bound, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Natural and human environments; Urban core; Urban design; Urban morphology types

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350353194     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-009-0083-1     Document Type: Article

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