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Book Title: Understanding Cities: Method In Urban Design
Number of Pages: 340 Pages
Publication Name: Understanding Cities : Method in Urban Design
Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: Urban & Land Use Planning, Landscape, Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year: 2011
Item Height: 0.6 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 24.1 Oz
Item Length: 9.7 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Architecture, Social Science
Author: Alexander Cuthbert
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
