The Rush for Land in an Urbanizing World: From Land Grabbing Toward Developing Safe, Resilient, and Sustainable Cities and Landscapes
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Large-scale land investments; Global land rush; Land grabbing; New urban agenda; Urbanization; Habitat III; SDG11;All these keywords.
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