Co-operation or Co-presence? The comforting ideal of community in a master planned estate

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 397-413

  Walters, Peter ^a   Rosenblatt, Ted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community; Master planned estate; Sense of community; Suburb

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649644246     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111140801986517     Document Type: Article

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