The Viet Village Urban Farm and the Politics of Neighborhood Viability in Post-Katrina New Orleans

City and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 321-338

  Truitt, Allison ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEIGHBORHOOD; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; URBAN POLITICS; URBAN SOCIETY; VIABILITY;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871677936     PISSN: 08930465     EISSN: 1548744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ciso.12003     Document Type: Article

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