An obsolete dichotomy? Rethinking the rural-urban interface in terms of food security and production in the global south

Geographical Journal

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 311-320

  Lerner, Amy M ^a   Eakin, Hallie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing world; Food security; Livelihoods; Peri urban; Urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; FUTURE PROSPECT; PERIURBAN AREA; RESEARCH WORK; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SOVEREIGNTY; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; HISTORY; POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

AGRICULTURE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SUPPLY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC POLICY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80155131165     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4959.2010.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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