Towards social arboriculture: Arborists’ perspectives on urban forest labour in Southern Ontario, Canada

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 19, Issue , 2016, Pages 255-262

  Bardekjian, Adrina C ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency; Environmental justice; Governance; Narratives; Political ecology; Social inclusion

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ETHNOGRAPHY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LABOR DIVISION; LABOR MARKET; POLITICAL ECONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIAL INCLUSION; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POLITICS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 84948798381     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2015.10.014     Document Type: Article

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