The rise of the postmodern metropolis: Spatial evolution of the Sacramento metropolitan region

Journal of Urban Design

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 307-332

  Wheeler, Stephen M ^a   Beebe, Craig W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; DATABASE; GIS; MAPPING; METROPOLITAN AREA; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POST-MODERNISM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN GROWTH;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957857377     PISSN: 13574809     EISSN: 14699664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2011.572253     Document Type: Article

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