Food Systems Change and the Environment: Local and Global Connections

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 397-409

  Freedman, Darcy A ^a   Bess, Kimberly D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Coalitions; Food security; Network analysis; Organizational collaboration; Systems change

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENNESSEE;

EID: 79952452705     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-010-9392-z     Document Type: Article

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