Motivation and Marginalization in African Urban Agriculture: The Case of Lusaka, Zambia

Urban Forum

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-21

  Simatele, Danny Mulala ^a   Binns, Tony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Marginalization; Urban agriculture; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955537524     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-008-9021-1     Document Type: Article

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