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Crafts in the Yangtze River Delta China: Designing A Renewed Ecology for Sustainability

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Crafts in the Yangtze River Delta China: Designing A Renewed Ecology for Sustainability. / Zhan, Xiaofang.
In: The Design Journal, Vol. 20 , No. 6, 14.09.2017, p. 867-876.

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Zhan X. Crafts in the Yangtze River Delta China: Designing A Renewed Ecology for Sustainability. The Design Journal. 2017 Sept 14;20 (6):867-876. doi: 10.1080/14606925.2017.1370668

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