The possibility of sustainable development: environmentalism vs. developmentalism

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Küçükcan, E. Funda
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Sustainable development., Environmentalism.
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/13323
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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E. F. Küçükcan, “The possibility of sustainable development: environmentalism vs. developmentalism,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2002.
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