The wood for the trees: Ordinary environmental injustice and the everyday right to urban nature

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 662-681

  Whitehead, Mark ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black country urban forest; Everyday injustice; Right to urban nature

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLICY; URBANIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70350423880     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2009.00862.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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