When planning ideas land: Mahaweli's people-centered approach

Crossing Borders: International Exchange and Planning Practices

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 141-172

  Perera, Nihal ^a  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203857083     Document Type: Chapter

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