Urban agriculture as local initiative in Lusaka, Zambia

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 553-572

  Hampwaye, Godfrey ^a,b   Nel, Etienne ^c   Rogerson, Christian M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRATEGIC APPROACH; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT; SURVIVAL; URBAN AGRICULTURE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

AFRICA; LUSAKA [ZAMBIA]; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 34548047274     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c7p     Document Type: Article

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