Cities and global environmental change: Exploring the links

Geographical Journal

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-79

  Simon, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CHANGE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 34147098960     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2007.232_1.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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