Sound environment: High- versus low-density cities

Designing High-Density Cities for Social and Environmental Sustainability

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 163-180

  Kang, Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84867730088     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849774444     Document Type: Chapter

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