Urban home food gardens in the Global North: Research traditions and future directions

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 285-305

  Taylor, John R ^a   Lovell, Sarah Taylor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Food security; Global North; Home garden; Resilience; Urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897031069     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-013-9475-1     Document Type: Review

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