Urban pattern dichotomy in tirana: Socio-spatial impact of liberalism

European Planning Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1837-1861

  Nase, Ilir ^a   Ocakçi, Mehmet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INNER CITY AREA; LIBERALISM; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN SYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

ALBANIA; TIRANA;

EID: 77958034170     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2010.512169     Document Type: Article

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