Urban and peri-urban agriculture in east and Southern Africa: Economic, planning and social dimensions

Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes: Designing Urban Agriculture for Sustainable Cities

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 192-199

  Mbiba, Beacon ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84919555003     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780080454528     Document Type: Chapter

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