Constructing new york city’s urban forest: The politics and governance of the milliontreesNYC Campaign

Urban Forests, Trees, and Greenspace: A Political Ecology Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 242-260

  Campbell, Lindsay K ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84916886310     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315882901     Document Type: Chapter

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