Urban dynamics and the challenges of global environmental change in the south

The Routledge Handbook on Cities of the Global South

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 613-628

  Simon, David ^a   Leck, Hayley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84923360569     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203387832     Document Type: Chapter

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