Comparative urban food geographies in blantyre and gaborone

African Geographical Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-66

  Riley, Liam ^a   Legwegoh, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Botswana; Comparative urban geographies; Malawi; Urban food security

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893059111     PISSN: 19376812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2013.805148     Document Type: Article

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