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Exploring the Potential of Citizen Social Science for Environmental and Sustainability Research: Experiences of and with Community-Based Researchers

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|Jun 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.389 | Journal eISSN: 2057-4991
Language: English
Submitted on: Jan 26, 2021
Accepted on: May 13, 2021
Published on: Jun 16, 2021
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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