Sustainability and urban sprawl: Alternative scenarios for a Bangkok superblock
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عنوان ژورنال: URBAN DESIGN International
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1357-5317,1468-4519
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.udi.9000174