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Cohousing: shared futures. / Jarvis, Helen; Scanlon, Kathleen; Fernández Arrigoitia, Melissa et al.
Newcastle UponTyne: ESRC, 2016.

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Jarvis, H, Scanlon, K, Fernández Arrigoitia, M, Chatterton, P, Kear, A, O'Reilly, D, Sargisson, L & Stevenson, F 2016, Cohousing: shared futures. ESRC, Newcastle UponTyne. <https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/132499/>

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Jarvis, H., Scanlon, K., Fernández Arrigoitia, M., Chatterton, P., Kear, A., O'Reilly, D., Sargisson, L., & Stevenson, F. (2016). Cohousing: shared futures. ESRC. https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/132499/

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Jarvis H, Scanlon K, Fernández Arrigoitia M, Chatterton P, Kear A, O'Reilly D et al. Cohousing: shared futures. Newcastle UponTyne: ESRC, 2016.

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Jarvis, Helen ; Scanlon, Kathleen ; Fernández Arrigoitia, Melissa et al. / Cohousing: shared futures. Newcastle UponTyne : ESRC, 2016.

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