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Bilingual Journal of Environmental Psychology / Revista Bilingüe de Psicología Ambiental
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Original Articles

A systematic social observation tool to measure the restorative potential of urban settings / Diseño de una herramienta de observación social sistemática del potencial restaurador de espacios urbanos

Pages 257-286 | Received 17 Jul 2018, Accepted 04 Feb 2019, Published online: 23 Apr 2019

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