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Sustainable and Resource—Efficient Homes and Communities

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  • Avi Friedman

    (Affordable Homes Research Group, School of Architecture, McGill University, Macdonald-Harrington Building, 815 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, QC H3A 2K6, Canada)

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Throughout most of human history, societies have lived a self-sufficient existence.[...]

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  • Avi Friedman, 2017. "Sustainable and Resource—Efficient Homes and Communities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(12), pages 1-3, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:9:y:2017:i:12:p:2246-:d:121597
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