Urban habitats and the injury landscape

Habitat International

Volumn 56, Issue , 2016, Pages 52-62

  Vaz, Eric ^a   Zhao, Yishi ^a   Cusimano, Michael ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; METROPOLITAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84964806617     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2016.04.006     Document Type: Article

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