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Ocean Citizenship: An Emergent Geographical Concept

Stephen Fletcher School of Conservation Sciences, Bournemouth University, Dorset, United Kingdom
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Jonathan Potts School of Environmental Design and Management, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Pages 511-524 | Published online: 29 Aug 2007

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