The epistemology of urban morphology

Urban Morphology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 5-17

  Scheer, Brenda Case ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Evolution; Patterns; Schools of thought; Urban form

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; KNOWLEDGE; PHILOSOPHY; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 84962209847     PISSN: 10274278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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