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  1. Research Group for Urban and Landscape Ecology, Department of Geography and Geology, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

    Jürgen Breuste

  2. Department of Geography, University of Karachi, University Road, Karachi, 75270, Pakistan

    Salman Qureshi

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Breuste, J., Qureshi, S. Urban sustainability, urban ecology and the Society for Urban Ecology (SURE). Urban Ecosyst 14, 313–317 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-011-0186-3

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