Imageability and justice in contemporary New Orleans

Journal of Urban Design

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 345-375

  Ba Wendel, Delia Duong ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HURRICANE EVENT; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIAL JUSTICE; URBAN PLANNING;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449412201     PISSN: 13574809     EISSN: 14699664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13574800903056804     Document Type: Article

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