Durban, South Africa

Cities on a Finite Planet: Towards Transformative Responses to Climate Change

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 96-115

  Roberts, Debra ^a,b   Morgan, Derek ^a   O'Donoghue, Sean ^a,b   Guastella, Lisa ^c   Hlongwa, Nongcebo ^a   Price, Penny ^c  

^a eThekwini Municipality   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c eThekwini Municipality ^*

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EID: 84978252302     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315645421     Document Type: Chapter

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