Creating and sustaining liveable cities

Developing Living Cities: From Analysis to Action

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 191-230

  Ley, Austin ^a   Newton, Peter ^b  

^a City of Melbourne   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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EID: 84861591609     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789814304504_0008     Document Type: Chapter

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