Sustainable agrarian urbanism: The low-density cities of the Mayas and Aztecs

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  2013

• Venue

  Cities

• Publication date

  2013-04-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science, History

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  DOI 10.1016/J.CITIES.2012.07.012
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