Growing the social: Alternative agrofood networks and social sustainability in the urban ethical foodscape

Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-39

  Psarikidou, Katerina ^a   Szerszynski, Bronislaw ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food; Metropolitan areas; Social values; Sustainable agriculture; Sustainable development; Urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862498483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15487733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15487733.2012.11908082     Document Type: Article

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