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The Circle of Commoning: Conceptualising Commoning through the Case of Community-Led Housing Cover

The Circle of Commoning: Conceptualising Commoning through the Case of Community-Led Housing

By: Yael Arbell  
Open Access
|Aug 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1210 | Journal eISSN: 1875-0281
Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 10, 2022
Accepted on: Jun 17, 2023
Published on: Aug 2, 2023
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