Experimenting in the city: Unpacking notions of experimentation for sustainability

The Experimental City

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 15-31

  Sengers, Frans ^a   Berkhout, Frans ^b   Wieczorek, Anna J ^c   Raven, Rob ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85107530407     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315719825-2     Document Type: Chapter

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