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Sustaining Local Riverine Environments: The River Valleys Committee in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Draper, D. (2005). Sustaining Local Riverine Environments: The River Valleys Committee in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In: Humphrys, G., Williams, M. (eds) Presenting and Representing Environments. The GeoJournal Library, vol 81. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3814-3_7

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