Guest editorial

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2201-2206

  Pickles, John ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 33845937031     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a3812ed     Document Type: Editorial

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