A comparative study of urban form

Urban Morphology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 73-92

  Oliveira, Vítor ^a   Monteiro, Cláudia ^b   Partanen, Jenni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b CM Arquiteta   (Portugal)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conzenian school; Muratorian school; Space syntax; Spatial analysis; Urban form

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

PORTO [PORTO (DST)]; PORTO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL;

EID: 84927724787     PISSN: 10274278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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