Civic Ecology: Adaptation and Transformation from the Ground Up
- ISBN-10
- 0262028654
- ISBN-13
- 9780262028653
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 328
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-01-30
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Authors
- Marianne E. Krasny, Keith G. Tidball
Description
Stories of environmental stewardship in communities from New Orleans to Soweto accompany an interdisciplinary framework for understanding civic ecology as a global phenomenon.
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