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Brooks, Michael P. 1988. "Four Critical Junctures in the History of the Urban Planning Profession." Journal of the American Planning Association. Vol. 54, No. 2. pp. 241-248.

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Dillman, Don A. 1978. Mail and Telephone Surveys: The Total Design Method. New York City: John Wiley and Sons.

Frieden, Bernard J. and Lynne B. Sagalyn. 1989. Downtown, Inc.: How America Rebuilds Cities. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Lynch, Kevin. 1987. Good City Form. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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