Geografie 2022, 127, 55-73
https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie2022127010055
Grey greening: quiet sustainability at auto salvage yards
Pavel Mašek1,2,3
1Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Ethnology, Prague, Czechia
2Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle, Germany
3University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, Department of Anthropology, Pilsen, Czechia
Received October 2021
Accepted January 2022
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