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Research Paper

Extracting sensory experiences and cultural ecosystem services from actively crowdsourced descriptions of everyday lived landscapes

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Article: 2331761 | Received 25 Jul 2023, Accepted 04 Mar 2024, Published online: 03 Apr 2024

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