Editorial: How tall can we go? How compact can we get? The real question of urban sustainability

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-2

  Batty, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 41349121174     PISSN: 02658135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/b3501ed     Document Type: Editorial

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