Unravelling desertification: Policies and actor networks in Southern Europe

Unravelling Desertification: Policies and Actor Networks in Southern Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-246

  Wilson, Geoff A ^a   Juntti, Meri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-559-8     Document Type: Book

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