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Compacting the city centre: densification in two Newcastles

Buildings and Cities
Volume 2 (2021): Issue 1
By: Bob Giddings and  Robert Rogerson  
Open Access
|Feb 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.74 | Journal eISSN: 2632-6655
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Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 31, 2020
Accepted on: Jan 24, 2021
Published on: Feb 16, 2021
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
city centres,
compact cities,
densification,
density,
planning,
sustainability,
urban design,
Australia,
UK

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