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Book Title: Environmental Restoration And Design For Recreation And Ecot...
Number of Pages: 312 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Environmental Restoration and Design for Recreation and Ecotourism
Publisher: CRC Press LLC
Publication Year: 2011
Subject: Life Sciences / Ecology, Environmental, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Ecology
Item Height: 0.8 in
Item Weight: 22.4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Nature, Law, Science
Author: Robert L. France
Item Length: 9.5 in
Series: Integrative Studies in Water Management and Land Development Ser.
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Hardcover
