Urban form and climate change: Towards appropriate development patterns to mitigate and adapt to global warming

Planning for Climate Change: Strategies for Mitigation and Adaptation for Spatial Planners

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 33-45

  Pizarro, Rafael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 84863550453     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849770156     Document Type: Chapter

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