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CittàSlow: Producing Slowness against the Fast Life

Mara Miele School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3WA Fax: E-mail: [email protected]
Pages 135-156 | Received 01 Aug 2007, Published online: 09 Apr 2008

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