Engineering and Sustainable Community Development
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology and Society
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1933-3633,1933-3641
DOI: 10.2200/s00247ed1v01y201001ets011