Agricultural knowledge in urban and resettled communities: Applications to social-ecological resilience and environmental education

Environmental Education Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 575-589

  Shava, Soul ^a   Krasny, Marianne E ^b   Tidball, Keith G ^b   Zazu, Cryton ^c  

^a AURECON   (Australia)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c Sebakwe Black Rhino Conservation Trust   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Environmental education; Gardening; Indigenous knowledge; Local knowledge; Migration; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960188598     PISSN: 13504622     EISSN: 14695871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2010.505436     Document Type: Article

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