Urban transport sustainability indicators - application of multi-view black-box (MVBB) framework
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1474-6778,1478-7466
DOI: 10.1504/ijesd.2013.054955