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  1. Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA

    William C. Sullivan

  2. Department of Horticulture and Landscape, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

    Chun-Yen Chang

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Sullivan, W.C., Chang, CY. (2011). Mental Health and the Built Environment. In: Dannenberg, A.L., Frumkin, H., Jackson, R.J. (eds) Making Healthy Places. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-036-1_7

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