Creating cities/building cities: Architecture and urban competitiveness

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Citation Formats
İ. S. Akçomak, “Creating cities/building cities: Architecture and urban competitiveness,” REGIONAL STUDIES, pp. 614–614, 2019, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/30042.