Urban Forest Justice and the Rights to Wild Foods, Medicines, and Materials in the City

Human Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 409-422

  Poe, Melissa R ^a   McLain, Rebecca J ^b   Emery, Marla ^c   Hurley, Patrick T ^d  

^a Northwest Sustainability Institute   (United States)

^b Institute for Culture and Ecology   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d URSINUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest justice; NTFPs; Social benefits; Urban ecosystems; Urban foraging

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; FOREST RESOURCE; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; SUBSISTENCE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN FORESTRY;

SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

FUNGI;

EID: 84878790979     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-013-9572-1     Document Type: Article

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