Peri-urban ecosystems and societies: Transitional zones and contrasting values

The Peri-Urban Interface: Approaches to Sustainable Natural and Human Resource Use

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 18-29

  Douglas, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84925826727     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849775878     Document Type: Chapter

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