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    Urban Alternatives: Proceedings of the USERC Environment, Resources and Urban Development Workshop
    Urban Alternatives: Proceedings of the USERC Environment, Resources and Urban Development Workshop
    Urban Alternatives: Proceedings of the USERC Environment, Resources and Urban Development Workshop
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    Urban Alternatives contains the proceedings of the USERC Environmental Resources and Urban Development Workshop held at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland in November 1975. The workshop aims to obtain information on the technical implications of various possible urban development decisions. This book details the descriptions of the workshop and the process used to arrive at the recommendations. The workshops are organized into topics of urban development, energy, communications, meteorology, water resources, public health, in-situ sensing, remote sensing, socio-economic problems, and science technology and government.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElsevier Science
    Release dateOct 22, 2013
    ISBN9781483136882
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