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This chapter describes the overall framework that links literatures, ideas, and scholars from urban ecology, environmental justice, and global environmental change; these subdisciplines have so far remained largely separate but have great potential for intellectual synergy.
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Fragkias, M., Boone, C.G. (2013). Towards a New Framework for Urbanization and Sustainability. In: Boone, C., Fragkias, M. (eds) Urbanization and Sustainability. Human-Environment Interactions, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5666-3_1
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