Civitas By Design: Building Better Communities, From The Garden City To The...

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Book Title: Civitas By Design: Building Better Communities, From The Gar...

Number of Pages: 240 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Civitas by Design : Building Better Communities, from the Garden City to the New Urbanism

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Publication Year: 2012

Subject: Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development, Civics & Citizenship, Public Policy / Regional Planning

Item Height: 0.6 in

Item Weight: 23.5 Oz

Type: Textbook

Subject Area: Political Science

Author: Howard Gillette

Item Length: 9 in

Item Width: 6 in

Format: Trade Paperback