Parks, Trees, and Environmental Justice: Field Notes from Washington, DC

Applied Environmental Education and Communication

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 148-162

  Buckley, Geoffrey L ^a   Whitmer, Ali ^b   Grove, J Morgan ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 84887951315     PISSN: 1533015X     EISSN: 15330389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1533015X.2013.838865     Document Type: Article

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