Compositional and urban form effects on centres in Greater London

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Urban Design and Planning

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-42

  Chiaradia, Alain ^a   Hillier, Bill ^b   Schwander, Christian ^c   Wedderburn, Martin ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c rheform GmbH   (Germany)

^d SKM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Public policy; Social impact; Town and city planning

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC POLICY; SYNTACTICS;

COMPOSITIONAL EFFECTS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; ECONOMIES OF SCALE; PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH; SOCIAL IMPACT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL CONFIGURATION; SPATIAL SIGNATURE;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ACCESSIBILITY; AGGLOMERATION; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL POLICY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOWN PLANNING; TYPOLOGY;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84860198794     PISSN: 17550793     EISSN: 17550807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/udap.2012.165.1.21     Document Type: Article

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