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Resilience of Urban Areas to Warfare: A Theoretical Framework with a Focus on the Spatial Structures of Housing Estates

By: Maciej Lasocki  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/he-2025-0036 | Journal eISSN: 2543-8700 | Journal ISSN: 1731-2442
Language: English
Submitted on: Mar 30, 2024
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Accepted on: Dec 11, 2025
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Published on: Dec 26, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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