Emptying the Future, Claiming Space: The Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania as a Spatial Imaginary for Strategic Coupling Processes

Emptying the Future, Claiming Space: The Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania as a Spatial Imaginary for Strategic Coupling Processes
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清空未来,索取空间:坦桑尼亚南部农业增长走廊作为战略耦合过程的空间想象

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10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.04.015
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2021
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3.5
通讯作者:
Dannenberg
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法学2区
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