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Settlements for tomorrow? Review of Nelson’s and Schneider’s book Housing for Degrowth

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Funding was provided by Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale (Grant No. PGR05278).

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  1. Department of Environmental Science, Informatics and Statistics, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy

    Silvio Cristiano

  2. Research Institute for Complexity, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy

    Silvio Cristiano

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Cristiano, S. Settlements for tomorrow? Review of Nelson’s and Schneider’s book Housing for Degrowth. J Hous and the Built Environ 36, 341–343 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10901-020-09787-9

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