Nurturing nature in the city

Steering Sustainability in an Urbanizing World: Policy, Practice and Performance

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 227-238

  Bekessy, Sarah ^a   Gordon, Ascelin ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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