Urban Political Ecology: Environmental Imaginary, Governance, and the Non-Human

Geography Compass

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-48

  Gabriel, Nate ^a  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; URBAN AREA; URBAN POLITICS;

EID: 84892143343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gec3.12110     Document Type: Article

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