Design by the rules: The historical underpinnings of form-based codes

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 144-160

  Talen, Emily ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Form based code; Historical codes; Zoning

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PLANNING HISTORY; RESEARCH; UNDERPINNING; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; ZONING SYSTEM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70549097015     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944360802686662     Document Type: Conference Paper

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