Watery land: The management of lowland floodplains in England

What is Land For?: The Food, Fuel and Climate Change Debate

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 135-166

  Morris, Joe ^a   Posthumus, Helena ^a   Hess, Tim ^a   Gowing, David ^b   Rouquette, Jim ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79251530891     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849774673     Document Type: Chapter

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