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Bao-Jie He1,2,3,4,5, Mingqiang Yin1,2

  • 1Centre for Climate-Resilient and Low-Carbon Cities, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing University, Shapingba, Chongqing 400045, China.

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Environmental policySocial sciencesUrban planning

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