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Women in Cities: The Nexus Between SDG 5 and SDG 11

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  1. City Institute, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Nasya S. Razavi

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Amanda Lange Salvia

  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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  1. Department of Sociology and Social Work, Rani Durgavati University, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Chhabi Kumar

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Razavi, N.S. (2020). Women in Cities: The Nexus Between SDG 5 and SDG 11. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Gender Equality. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70060-1_153-1

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