SOC 3750 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Takers, Urban Sprawl, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3750
• Professor: Patrick Parnaby

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