Commentary: Is urban design still urban planning? an exploration and response

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 184-195

  Gunder, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

city building; design; neoliberalism; New Urbanism; planning values

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957876988     PISSN: 0739456X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X10393358     Document Type: Article

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