The Americanization of Australian Planning

Journal of Planning History

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 187-214

  Freestone, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Americanization; Australia; diffusion of planning ideas; twentieth century

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992863278     PISSN: 15385132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538513204267083     Document Type: Article

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