Urban Agriculture Policy Making in New York's "New Political Spaces": Strategizing for a Participatory and Representative System

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 221-234

  Cohen, Nevin ^a   Reynolds, Kristin ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

action research; food policy; new political spaces; New York City; policy making; racial disparities; urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900307230     PISSN: 0739456X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X14526453     Document Type: Article

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