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1 - Promises and Concerns of the Urban Century

Increasing Agency and Contested Empowerment

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
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Print publication year: 2019

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