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Special section: Water in the city of the future. Guest editor: Darla Nickel

Novel urban water systems in Germany: governance structures to encourage transformation

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Pages 534-543 | Received 31 May 2016, Accepted 07 Feb 2017, Published online: 07 Mar 2017

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