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Maintaining a city against nature: climate adaptation in Beira Cover

Maintaining a city against nature: climate adaptation in Beira

By: Jon Schubert  
Open Access
|Feb 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.378 | Journal eISSN: 2632-6655
Language: English
Submitted on: Sep 11, 2023
Accepted on: Feb 8, 2024
Published on: Feb 29, 2024
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In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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