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Transformation towards Green Cities: Key Conditions to Accelerate Change

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  • Derk Jan Stobbelaar

    (University of Applied Sciences Van Hall Larenstein, P.O. Box 9001, 6880 GB Velp, The Netherlands)

  • Wim van der Knaap

    (Land Use Planning Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands)

  • Joop Spijker

    (Wageningen Environmental Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands)

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Cities worldwide are growing at unprecedented rates, compromising their surrounding landscapes, and consuming many scarce resources [...]

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  • Derk Jan Stobbelaar & Wim van der Knaap & Joop Spijker, 2022. "Transformation towards Green Cities: Key Conditions to Accelerate Change," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(11), pages 1-16, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:11:p:6410-:d:822805
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