Transnational alliances and global politics New geographies of urban environmental justice struggles

In the Nature of Cities: Urban Political Ecology and the Politics of Urban Metabolism

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 226-244

  Pellow, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84909052996     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203027523     Document Type: Chapter

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