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Urban Biodiversity and Socioecological Imaginaries: Cities as Laboratories for a Multispecies Future - Matthew Gandy, Natura Urbana. Ecological Constellations in Urban Space (Cambridge, Massachusetts, the MIT Press, 2022, 432 p.)

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Matthew Gandy, Natura Urbana. Ecological Constellations in Urban Space (Cambridge, Massachusetts, the MIT Press, 2022, 432 p.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2023

Roberta Bartoletti*
Affiliation:
University of Bologna, Department of Sociology and Business Law Strada Maggiore, 45 Bologna, Italy [roberta.bartoletti2@unibo.it].
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