Critical Realism, Urban Planning and Urban Research

European Planning Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1228-1244

  Næss, Petter ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHILOSOPHY; RESEARCH; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84927698920     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2014.994091     Document Type: Article

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