Are cities really smart? The environmental impact of urban and rural municipalities according to different methodological perspectives

Handbook of Research methods and Applications in Environmental Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 407-425

  Schubert, Johannes ^a   Gill, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 84957938272     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781783474646     Document Type: Chapter

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