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Spatial Modeling and Assessment of Urban Form pp 17–34Cite as

Sustainable Urban Development

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The idea of sustainable development emerged in the late nineteenth century in the observation of the various critical environmental problems caused by the continuous growth of urban areas, especially in rural and natural environments.

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    Saleh Abdullahi & Biswajeet Pradhan

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Abdullahi, S., Pradhan, B. (2017). Sustainable Urban Development. In: Pradhan, B. (eds) Spatial Modeling and Assessment of Urban Form. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54217-1_2

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