Political Gardening in a Post-disaster City: Lessons from New Orleans

Urban Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1833-1849

  Kato, Yuki ^a   Passidomo, Catarina ^b   Harvey, Daina ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Center for Interdisciplinary Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

gardening; gentrification; political gardening; post disaster city; urban farming; urban garden

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; GARDEN; GENTRIFICATION; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; POLITICAL SYSTEM; SOCIAL JUSTICE; URBAN AGRICULTURE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901350791     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098013504143     Document Type: Article

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