Growing Communities: Integrating the Social and Economic Benefits of Urban Agriculture in Cape Town

Urban Forum

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 447-461

  Battersby, Jane ^a   Marshak, Maya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape Town; Economic development; Social development; Urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; POVERTY; SEAWINDS; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AGRICULTURE;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84886795064     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-013-9193-1     Document Type: Article

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