Distinctions between middle-size and large cities: Growth level, urban form and transportation

Plan Canada

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 18-21

  Filion, Pierre ^a   Bunting, Trudi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 54649084518     PISSN: 00320544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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