The density debate in urban research: An alternative approach to representing urban structure and form

Geographical Research

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 442-458

  Grosvenor, Michael ^a   O'Neill, Phillip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Density; Sustainability; Urban form; Urban structure

Indexed keywords

METROPOLITAN AREA; PLANNING PROCESS; POPULATION DENSITY; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84961290004     PISSN: 17455863     EISSN: 17455871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1745-5871.12084     Document Type: Article

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