Impacts of Urban Consolidation on Urban Liveability: Comparing an Inner and Outer Suburb in Brisbane, Australia

Housing, Theory and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 190-206

  McCrea, Rod ^a,b   Walters, Peter ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Densification; NIMBY; Planning; Quality of life; Sprawl; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

INFRASTRUCTURE; NEIGHBORHOOD; POPULATION GROWTH; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN REGION;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84861597701     PISSN: 14036096     EISSN: 16512278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14036096.2011.641261     Document Type: Article

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