The role of urban greenery in high-density cities

Designing High-Density Cities for Social and Environmental Sustainability

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 227-262

  Wong, Nyuk Hien ^a   Chen, Yu ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Cobalt Engineering ^*  (Canada)

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EID: 84857357192     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849774444     Document Type: Chapter

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