Designing a liveable compact city physical forms of city and social life in urban neighbourhoods

Built Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-80

  Raman, Shibu ^a  

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NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC SPACE; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77956537385     PISSN: 02637960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2148/benv.36.1.63     Document Type: Article

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