Different approaches in the study of urban form

Journal of Urbanism

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-125

  Pinho, Paulo ^a   Oliveira, Vítor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Conzenian school; Integrated approaches; Muratorian school; Space syntax; Urban morphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983074568     PISSN: 17549175     EISSN: 17549183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17549170903083676     Document Type: Article

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