Three Ecologies: Urban Metabolism and the Society-Nature Opposition

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 506-523

  Wachsmuth, David ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84866619039     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: 15338525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2012.01247.x     Document Type: Article

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