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Part I - Introduction and Global Trends

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2023

Jay S. Golden
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Syracuse University, New York
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Dynamic Sustainability
Implications for Policy, Markets and National Security
, pp. 1 - 40
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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