Operationalizing Jane Jacobs’s Urban Design Theory: Empirical Verification from the Great City of Seoul, Korea

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 117-130

  Sung, Hyungun ^a   Lee, Sugie ^b   Cheon, SangHyun ^c  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c Hong Ik University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

built environment; Jane Jacobs; urban design; urban diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930430688     PISSN: 0739456X     EISSN: 15526577     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X14568021     Document Type: Article

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