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Provincialising waste: the transformation of ambulance car 7/83-2 to tro-tro Dr.JESUS

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Provincialising waste: the transformation of ambulance car 7/83-2 to tro-tro Dr.JESUS. / Beisel, Uli; Schneider, Tillmann.
In: Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, Vol. 30, No. 4, 2012, p. 639-654.

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Beisel, U & Schneider, T 2012, 'Provincialising waste: the transformation of ambulance car 7/83-2 to tro-tro Dr.JESUS', Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 639-654. https://doi.org/10.1068/d9610

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Beisel, U., & Schneider, T. (2012). Provincialising waste: the transformation of ambulance car 7/83-2 to tro-tro Dr.JESUS. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 30(4), 639-654. https://doi.org/10.1068/d9610

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Beisel U, Schneider T. Provincialising waste: the transformation of ambulance car 7/83-2 to tro-tro Dr.JESUS. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space. 2012;30(4):639-654. doi: 10.1068/d9610

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Beisel, Uli ; Schneider, Tillmann. / Provincialising waste: the transformation of ambulance car 7/83-2 to tro-tro Dr.JESUS. In: Environment and Planning D: Society and Space. 2012 ; Vol. 30, No. 4. pp. 639-654.

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