“A Beautiful Soaking Rain”: Environmental Value and Water beyond Eurocentrism
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عنوان ژورنال: Environment and Planning D: Society and Space
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0263-7758,1472-3433
DOI: 10.1068/d9207