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Book Title: Sustainability Management: Lessons From And For New York Cit...
Item Length: 0.9in
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Author: Steven Cohen
Publication Name: Sustainability Management : Lessons from and for NY City, America, and the Planet
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication Year: 2014
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 10 Oz
Number of Pages: 200 Pages
