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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://4085.worldcat.org/oclc/223105177 Title: Urban transformation : understanding city design and form Author: Peter Bosselmann Publisher: Washington, DC : Island Press, ©2008. ISBN/ISSN: 9781597264808 1597264806 9781597264815 1597264814 OCLC:223105177

  
  

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