Unearthing time-honored examples of nature-based solutions

Daniele La Rosa; Stephan Pauleit; Wei Ning Xiang

doi:10.1007/s42532-021-00099-y

Unearthing time-honored examples of nature-based solutions

Daniele La Rosa, Stephan Pauleit, Wei Ning Xiang

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	329-335
Number of pages	7
Journal	Socio-Ecological Practice Research
Volume	3
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s42532-021-00099-y
State	Published - Dec 2021

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