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Dutch Provincial Sustainable Development Policies: Ambitions and Differences

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This chapter poses the question: How have Dutch subnational provincial governments responded to the challenge of institutionalizing sustainable development and designing sustainable development policies?

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Coenen, F.H.J.M. (2012). Dutch Provincial Sustainable Development Policies: Ambitions and Differences. In: Bruyninckx, H., Happaerts, S., Van den Brande, K. (eds) Sustainable Development and Subnational Governments. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137005427_7

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