Empowering residents and improving governance in low income communities through urban greening

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 26-39

  Seymoar, Nola Kate ^a   Ballantyne, Elizabeth ^a   Pearson, Craig J ^a,b  

^a International Centre for Sustainable Cities (ICSC)   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community capacity building; ICSC; International Centre for Sustainable Cities; Outcome mapping; Participatory process; Peer exchange; Peer learning; Sustainable community development; Urban agriculture; Urban greening

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; EMPOWERMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; GREENSPACE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; LEARNING; POVERTY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TSUNAMI; URBAN AGRICULTURE; URBAN SITE; WOMENS STATUS;

BANGKOK; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; KRUNG THEP MAHANAKHON; MORATUWA; SRI LANKA; THAILAND; WESTERN PROVINCE [SRI LANKA];

EID: 77955149437     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/ijas.2009.0467     Document Type: Article

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