Readjusting to reality: Urban and peri-urban agriculture to ease the downward passage

City

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-96

  Atkinson, Adrian ^a  

^a New Synergies in Development   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

allotments; community supported agriculture (CSA); end of oil; food miles; modern civilisation; permaculture; reuse of human waste; urban and peri urban agriculture (UPA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874334150     PISSN: 13604813     EISSN: 14703629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13604813.2012.709405     Document Type: Article

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