Urban patterns and environmental performance: What do we know?

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-164

  Alberti, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0033493663     PISSN: 0739456X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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