Introduction-experiments in comparative urbanism

Urban Geography

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 765-773

  McFarlane, Colin ^a   Robinson, Jennifer ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; RESEARCH; URBAN GEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84864486100     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.33.6.765     Document Type: Review

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