Un-knowing exposure: Toxic emergency housing, strategic inconclusivity and governance in the US Gulf South

Knowledge, Technology and Law

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 189-205

  Shapiro, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84897738319     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203797600     Document Type: Chapter

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