Cities in transition: Transforming urban centers from hotbeds of GHG emissions and vulnerability to seedbeds of sustainability and resilience: Introduction and editorial overview

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

• Publication date

  2011-05-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Geography, Political Science, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.COSUST.2011.02.002
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