Urban Environmental Stewardship and Civic Engagement: How planting trees strengthens the roots of democracy

Urban Environmental Stewardship and Civic Engagement: How Planting Trees Strengthens the Roots of Democracy

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-130

  Fisher, Dana R ^a   Svendsen, Erika S ^b   Connolly, James J T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b New York City Urban Field Station   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84967158553     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315857589     Document Type: Book

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