A springtime journey to the Soviet Union: Postwar planning and policy mobilities through the iron curtain

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 805-822

  Cook, Ian R ^a   Ward, Stephen V ^b   Ward, Kevin ^c  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; PLANNING HISTORY; POST-WAR; TOWN PLANNING; URBAN HISTORY; URBAN POLICY;

UNITED KINGDOM; USSR;

EID: 84897530184     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12133     Document Type: Article

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