The geographies of urban density: Topology, politics and the city

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 629-648

  McFarlane, Colin ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

density; intensive heterogeneity; topography; topology; urban theory

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; POLITICS; TOPOGRAPHY; TOPOLOGY; URBAN GEOGRAPHY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84986320236     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: 14770288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309132515608694     Document Type: Article

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