Ethnicity, Culture and Park Design: Case Studies of Urban Parks in American Chinatowns

Journal of Urban Design

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 230-254

  Li, Chuo ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; PARK DESIGN; URBAN DESIGN;

EID: 84893367957     PISSN: 13574809     EISSN: 14699664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2013.870464     Document Type: Article

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