Density and outer urban development in Melbourne

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 91-111

  Buxton, Michael ^a   Scheurer, Jan ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Land supply; Residential density; Suburbanisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950420767     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111140701222831     Document Type: Article

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