Validating verdancy or vacancy? The relationship of community gardens and vacant lands in the U.S.

Cities

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 133-142

  Drake, Luke ^a   Lawson, Laura J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community gardens; Discourse; Genealogy; Urban gardening; Urban space

Indexed keywords

ADVOCACY; GARDEN CITY; GENEALOGY; GREENSPACE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PUBLIC SPACE; URBAN AREA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901825980     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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