Urban theory since a theory of good city form (1981)–a progress review

Journal of Urbanism

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 259-276

  Banai, Reza ^a   Rapino, Melanie A ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Good city form; Kevin Lynch; Performance dimensions; Planning theory; Progress review; Urban morphology; Urban theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014895294     PISSN: 17549175     EISSN: 17549183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17549170903466095     Document Type: Article

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