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Creating Child-Friendly High-Rise Environments: Beyond Wastelands and Glasshouses

Carolyn Whitzman Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne, Parkville, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Dana Mizrachi Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
Pages 233-249 | Received 29 Aug 2011, Accepted 29 Jan 2012, Published online: 27 Mar 2012

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