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Environmental justice and sustainability

In: Handbook of Sustainable Development

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  • Julian Agyeman

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This timely and important Handbook takes stock of progress made in our understanding of what sustainable development actually is and how it can be measured and achieved.

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  • Julian Agyeman, 2014. "Environmental justice and sustainability," Chapters, in: Giles Atkinson & Simon Dietz & Eric Neumayer & Matthew Agarwala (ed.), Handbook of Sustainable Development, chapter 12, pages 188-205, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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