Urban ecosystems: Understanding the human environment

Urban Ecosystems: Understanding the Human Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-220

  Francis, Robert A ^a   Chadwick, Michael A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84906577995     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203133644     Document Type: Book

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