Delivering sustainable buildings and communities: eclipsing social concerns through private sector-led urban regeneration and development
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Contemporery Urban Development and Sustainable Urban Form
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عنوان ژورنال: Local Environment
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1354-9839,1469-6711
DOI: 10.1080/13549830903090638