Disruption and change: Drought and the inconspicuous dynamics of garden lives

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 743-756

  Chappells, Heather ^a   Medd, Will ^b   Shove, Elizabeth ^c  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drought; Garden living; Practice theory; Sustainable consumption; Water demand

Indexed keywords

EID: 85023709062     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2011.609944     Document Type: Article

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