Is practice aligned with the principles? Implementing New Urbanism in Perth, Western Australia

Transport Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 287-294

  Falconer, Ryan ^a   Newman, Peter ^b   Giles Corti, Billie ^c  

^a SINCLAIR KNIGHT MERZ   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Car dependence; Liveable neighbourhoods; New Urbanism; Perth

Indexed keywords

CAR USE; CONNECTIVITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; URBAN TRANSPORT; WALKING;

AUSTRALIA; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77952581846     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2010.01.014     Document Type: Article

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