Food Justice, Hunger and the City

Geography Compass

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 304-311

  Heynen, Nik ^a   Kurtz, Hilda E ^a   Trauger, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD SECURITY; SOVEREIGNTY; URBAN AGRICULTURE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84860749621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2012.00486.x     Document Type: Article

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