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Achieving the vision of biophilic cities will require efforts to tackle some of the major impediments and obstacles faced. These will vary from city to city, region to region, but what follows are some of the most important or common obstacles.
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Beatley, T. (2016). Overcoming the Obstacles and Challenges That Remain. In: Handbook of Biophilic City Planning and Design. Island Press, Washington, DC. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-621-9_19
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