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The urban south and the predicament of global sustainability

Nagendra, Harini, Bai, Xuemei, Brondizio, Eduardo S., Lwasa, Shuaib·2018·Nature Sustainability

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Authors: Nagendra, H., Bai, X., Brondizio, E. S., & Lwasa, S.
Affiliations: Azim Premji University (IN)
Australian National University (AU)
Makerere University (UG)
Corresponding author: Nagendra, Harini
Bai, Xuemei
ORCID: Nagendra, Harini
Bai, Xuemei
Brondizio, Eduardo S.
Lwasa, Shuaib
Venue: Nature Sustainability
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2018-07-16
Volume: 1
Issue: 7
Pages: 341-349
ISSN: 2398-9629 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1038/s41893-018-0101-5
OpenAlex: W2830368892
Cited by: 564
References: 77
Citations by year: 2026: 65 · 2025: 68 · 2024: 73 · 2023: 71 · 2022: 73 · 2021: 104 · 2020: 62 · 2019: 45 · 2018: 3
FWCI: 177.42
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/text-and-data-mining (tdm)
www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/text-and-data-mining (vor)
Locations: Nature Sustainability (publishedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Urban Development and Societal Issues
Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Urban Planning and Governance
Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Urban and Rural Development Challenges
Keywords: urbanization, Global South, global sustainability, urban sustainability, research bias, knowledge production

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