Urbanization and ecosystems: Current patterns and future implications

The New Global Frontier: Urbanization, Poverty and Environment in the 21st Century

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 183-202

  Balk, Deborah ^a   McGranahan, Gordon ^a   Anderson, Bridget ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 84925765574     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849773157     Document Type: Chapter

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