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Book Title: Sustainability Assessment: Pluralism, Practice And Progress
Number of Pages: 296 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Sustainability Assessment : Pluralism, Practice and Progress
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2012
Subject: Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Landscape, Human Geography, Environmental / General, Ecology, Development / Sustainable Development
Item Height: 0.5 in
Item Weight: 19.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Technology & Engineering, Nature, Architecture, Business & Economics, Science, Social Science
Author: Angus Morrison-Saunders
Item Length: 9.2 in
Series: Natural and Built Environment Ser.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
