Turfgrass subjects the political economy of urban monoculture

In the Nature of Cities: Urban Political Ecology and the Politics of Urban Metabolism

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 110-128

  Robbins, Paul ^a   Sharp, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203027523     Document Type: Chapter

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