The Australian quarter acre block: The death of a dream?

Town Planning Review

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 263-284

  Kellett, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DENSITY; SUBURBAN AREA; TOWN PLANNING; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN POLICY;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79959338983     PISSN: 00410020     EISSN: 1478341X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/tpr.2011.17     Document Type: Article

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