Regenerating cities: Technological and design innovation for Australian suburbs

Building Research and Information

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 575-588

  Newton, Peter W ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cities; greyfields; infill; retrofit; suburbs; transitions; urban regeneration; urban technology

Indexed keywords

CITIES; GREYFIELDS; INFILL; RETROFIT; SUBURBS; URBAN REGENERATION;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; INVESTMENTS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RETROFITTING; URBAN GROWTH;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84880410192     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2013.803921     Document Type: Article

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