Sustainability and cities: Meeting the grand challenge for the twenty-first century

A Changing Environment for Human Security: Transformative Approaches to Research, Policy and Action

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 375-391

  Marcotullio, Peter J ^a,b   Solecki, William D ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 84917435509     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203109885     Document Type: Chapter

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