The experimental city: New modes and prospects of urban transformation

The Experimental City

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 1-12

  Evans, James ^a   Karvonen, Andrew ^a   Raven, Rob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85107611277     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315719825-1     Document Type: Chapter

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