No interest in landscape? The art of non-participation in Danish landscape planning

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No interest in landscape? The art of non-participation in Danish landscape planning. / Clausen, Laura Tolnov.

In: Landscape Research, Vol. 42, No. 4, 2017, p. 412-423.

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Clausen, LT 2017, 'No interest in landscape? The art of non-participation in Danish landscape planning', Landscape Research, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 412-423. https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2016.1206870

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Clausen, L. T. (2017). No interest in landscape? The art of non-participation in Danish landscape planning. Landscape Research, 42(4), 412-423. https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2016.1206870

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Clausen LT. No interest in landscape? The art of non-participation in Danish landscape planning. Landscape Research. 2017;42(4):412-423. https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2016.1206870

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Clausen, Laura Tolnov. / No interest in landscape? The art of non-participation in Danish landscape planning. In: Landscape Research. 2017 ; Vol. 42, No. 4. pp. 412-423.

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