Rapid GHG Reductions in the Built Environment under Extreme Conditions

International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-21

  Larsson, Nils ^a  

^a International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment ^*  (Canada)

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EID: 85011137605     PISSN: 2093761X     EISSN: 20937628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5390/SUSB.2010.1.1.015     Document Type: Article

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9. The dismal efforts at relocation and rebuilding in New Orleans are a reminder of how extensive and well coordinated the required efforts will have to be if they are to be successful;Engineering, V.1, No.1, pp. 77-82