Food for the cities: Urban agriculture in developing countries

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 643, Issue , 2004, Pages 227-231

  Drescher, Axel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allotments; Urban horticulture; Urban poverty; Urbanisation; Waste; Waste water

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955144303     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.643.29     Document Type: Conference Paper

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