Environmental risks of urban agriculture in the Lake Victoria drainage basin: A case of Kisumu municipality, Kenya

Habitat International

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 375-386

  Mireri, Caleb ^a   Atekyereza, Peter ^b   Kyessi, Aphonse ^c   Mushi, Nimrod ^c  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Environmental risks; Kenya; Pollution; Urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; DRAINAGE BASIN; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; IRRIGATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AGRICULTURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; KENYA; KISUMU; LAKE VICTORIA; NYANZA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 35549000211     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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