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A Compendium of the Urban Layout Maps of Downtown Areas in Cities Around the World

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Rashid, M. (2017). A Compendium of the Urban Layout Maps of Downtown Areas in Cities Around the World. In: The Geometry of Urban Layouts. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30750-3_9

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