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Neighborhood Child Friendliness: A Comparative Analysis of Parental Landscape Perceptions and Geographic Information Systems-Based Urban Planning Indexes

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Pages 604-617 | Received 24 Dec 2021, Accepted 17 Aug 2022, Published online: 25 Oct 2022

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