Infrastructure

Building the cities of the future means embracing complexity

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Nicholas Stevens
Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Land Use Planning & Urban Design, University of the Sunshine Coast
Paul Salmon
Professor, Human Factors, University of the Sunshine Coast
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