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8 - Urban Planning for Sustainability and Justice

Lessons from Urban Agriculture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2019

Jeroen van der Heijden
Affiliation:
Victoria University of Wellington
Harriet Bulkeley
Affiliation:
University of Durham
Chiara Certomà
Affiliation:
Ghent University
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Urban Climate Politics
Agency and Empowerment
, pp. 135 - 151
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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