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Bell, S. (2005). Nature for People: The Importance of Green Spaces to Communities in the East Midlands of England. In: Kowarik, I., Körner, S. (eds) Wild Urban Woodlands. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26859-6_5
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