Networks in Urban Design. Six years of research in multiple centrality assessment

Network Science: Complexity in Nature and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 107-129

  Porta, Sergio ^a   Latora, Vito ^b   Strano, Emanuele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

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EID: 84892057463     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84996-396-1_6     Document Type: Chapter

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