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Book Title: Retrofitting Sprawl: Addressing Seventy Years Of Failed Urba...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.7in
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Author: Gerrit-January Knaap
Publication Name: Retrofitting Sprawl : Addressing Seventy Years of Failed Urban Form
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publication Year: 2015
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 14.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
