Characteristics of Urban Parks and their Neighboring Areas Located Close to Illegal Dumping Sites
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of The Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1348-4559,1340-8984
DOI: 10.5632/jila.71.731