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Ecological Indicators
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Faculty of Built Enviroment, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 50603, Malaysia
Architectural Design Institute, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, 071000, China
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Architectural Design Institute
Department of Business Studies
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Department of Ecology and Management
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