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1 - Encountering the “Anthropocene”: Setting the Scene

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2019

Frank Biermann
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Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Eva Lövbrand
Affiliation:
Linköpings Universitet, Sweden
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