Editorial: Circular economy in the built environment
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Waste and Resource Management
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1747-6526,1747-6534
DOI: 10.1680/jwarm.2017.170.1.1