Designing for urban ventilation

Designing High-Density Cities for Social and Environmental Sustainability

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 119-136

  Ng, Edward ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84857368220     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849774444     Document Type: Chapter

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