The urban creative-food economy: Producing food for the urban elite or social inclusion opportunity?

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1901-1920

  Donald, Betsy ^a   Blay Palmer, Alison ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROINDUSTRY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; MULTICULTURALISM; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; TORONTO;

EID: 33750381847     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a37262     Document Type: Article

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