Urban agriculture as a livelihood strategy in Lima, Peru

Agriculture in Urban Planning: Generating Livelihoods and Food Security

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 49-72

  Villavicencio, Luis Maldonado ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

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EID: 84925872359     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849770439     Document Type: Chapter

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