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Urban Evolutionary Morphology: The Vestige City

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Urban Evolutionary Morphology: The Vestige City. / Keeffe, Greg (Editor); Fagan, Desmond Jonathon (Editor).
Leeds: Infra Press, 2012. 124 p.

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Keeffe, G & Fagan, DJ (eds) 2012, Urban Evolutionary Morphology: The Vestige City. Infra Press, Leeds.

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Keeffe, G., & Fagan, D. J. (Eds.) (2012). Urban Evolutionary Morphology: The Vestige City. Infra Press.

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Keeffe G, (ed.), Fagan DJ, (ed.). Urban Evolutionary Morphology: The Vestige City. Leeds: Infra Press, 2012. 124 p.

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Keeffe, Greg (Editor) ; Fagan, Desmond Jonathon (Editor). / Urban Evolutionary Morphology : The Vestige City. Leeds : Infra Press, 2012. 124 p.

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