Zoning in: The contributions of buyam-sellams to constructing Cameroon's wild food zone

Geoforum

Volumn 59, Issue , 2015, Pages 73-86

  Sneyd, Lauren Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Food traders; Forests; Urban markets; Wild food; Zone

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD MARKET; FOREST COVER; TRADE FLOW; TRADE PERFORMANCE; URBAN AREA;

CAMEROON;

EID: 84920196158     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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