Information and communications technologies creating livable, equitable, sustainable cities

State of the World 2012: Moving Toward Sustainable Prosperity

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 66-76

  Lind, Diana ^a  

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EID: 84937925149     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.5822/978-1-61091-045-3_5     Document Type: Chapter

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