Urban agriculture and the sustainability fix in Vancouver and Detroit

Urban Geography

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 163-182

  Walker, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Detroit; food justice; neoliberalization; sustainability fix; urban agriculture; Vancouver

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; FOOD SUPPLY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NEOLIBERALISM; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AGRICULTURE; URBAN PLANNING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; DETROIT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES; VANCOUVER [BRITISH COLUMBIA];

EID: 84936976631     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723638.2015.1056606     Document Type: Article

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