Ambiguity in the definition of built form

Urban Morphology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-57

  Kropf, Karl ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Built Form Resource Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Buildings; Hierarchy; Plots; Streets; Typology

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; TYPOLOGY; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 84899503929     PISSN: 10274278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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