On why planning should not reinforce self-reinforcing trends: A cautionary analysis of the compact-city proposal applied to large cities

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-247

  Ferreira, António ^a   Batey, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA;

EID: 79953280370     PISSN: 02658135     EISSN: 14723417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/b36102     Document Type: Article

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