Six assessments of the same places: Comparing views of urban design

Journal of Urban Design

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-48

  Forsyth, Ann ^a   Jacobson, Justin ^a   Thering, Katie ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COMPLEXITY; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77951111016     PISSN: 13574809     EISSN: 14699664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13574800903429274     Document Type: Article

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