Ambivalence of Megacities: Catastrophe or Solution?
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis
سال: 2009
ISSN: 2199-9201,1619-7623
DOI: 10.14512/tatup.18.1.8