Urban food dynamics in Botswana: Insights from Gaborone's Central Business District

African Geographical Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-125

  Lane, Kate ^a   Hovorka, Alice ^a   Legwegoh, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Botswana; food; urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876392321     PISSN: 19376812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2012.715975     Document Type: Article

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