Urban governance of biodiversity and ecosystem services

Urbanization, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities: A Global Assessment

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 539-587

  Wilkinson, Cathy ^a   Sendstad, Marte ^a   Parnell, Susan ^b   Schewenius, Maria ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 84948159701     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7088-1_27     Document Type: Chapter

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