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Research Article

Sustainable urban form: socio-demographic and permeability factors as determinants of crime spots in cities, case of Akure, Nigeria

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Article: 2195469 | Received 14 Nov 2022, Accepted 21 Mar 2023, Published online: 27 Mar 2023

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