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The UN Sustainable Development Goals as innovation drivers for local sustainability governance? Examples from Germany



Christian Raffer*
   
Henrik Scheller*
   
Oliver Peters*
Article   |   Year:  2022   |   Pages:  459 - 487   |   Volume:  46   |   Issue:  4
Received:  February 28, 2022   |   Accepted:  May 20, 2022   |   Published online:  December 7, 2022
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