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Dynamics of residential suburbanization in post-socialist countries: The case of the Warsaw Metropolitan Area Cover

Dynamics of residential suburbanization in post-socialist countries: The case of the Warsaw Metropolitan Area

By: Dorota Mantey  
Open Access
|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2025-0017 | Journal eISSN: 2199-6202 | Journal ISSN: 1210-8812
Language: English
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Submitted on: Apr 25, 2025
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