Science, pseudo-science and urban design

Urban Design International

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 257-271

  Marshall, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

planning; pseudo science; science; theory; urban design

Indexed keywords

THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84869001748     PISSN: 13575317     EISSN: 14684519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/udi.2012.22     Document Type: Article

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