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Research Article

Scrutinising the Plan-Ability of Outdoor Recreation in the Swedish Compact City: Continuing and Discontinuing Modernist Planning Legacies

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Received 10 Jul 2022, Accepted 14 May 2024, Published online: 17 Jun 2024

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