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Look Closely and You Will See, Listen Carefully and You Will Hear: Urban Design and Social Interaction on Streets

Vikas Mehta School of Architecture and Community Design, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USACorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 29-64 | Published online: 12 Feb 2009

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