Retrofitting suburbia through pre-urban patterns: Introducing a European perspective

Urban Design International

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 171-187

  Vall Casas, Pere ^a,b   Koschinsky, Julia ^b   Mendoza, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cultural landscapes; retrofitting suburbia; sprawl repair; sustainable urbanism

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN RENEWAL;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 80051700058     PISSN: 13575317     EISSN: 14684519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/udi.2011.9     Document Type: Review

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