Dirty Work : Two different strategies for landscape interventions in informal cities in Argentina and Brazil show the significance of landscape in improving the quality of life in low-income settlements

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Dirty Work : Two different strategies for landscape interventions in informal cities in Argentina and Brazil show the significance of landscape in improving the quality of life in low-income settlements

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Veröffentlicht in:	Topos : The International Review of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design 64(2008)S. 36-43
VerfasserIn:	Beardsley, John (VerfasserIn), Werthmann, Christian (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
Sprache:	German
Veröffentlicht:	2008
Schlagworte:	Aufsatz
Ähnliche Datensätze:	In: Topos : The International Review of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design

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