The persistence of suburban centres in Greater London: Combining Conzenian and space syntax approaches

Urban Morphology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 85-99

  Griffiths, Sam ^a   Jones, Catherine Emma ^b   Vaughan, Laura ^a   Haklay, Muki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conzenian methods; London; Space syntax; Suburbs

Indexed keywords

GIS; PERSISTENCE; SUBURBAN AREA; SUBURBANIZATION; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77957660304     PISSN: 10274278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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