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Urban agriculture and the sustainability fix in Vancouver and Detroit

Samuel WalkerDepartment of Geography and Program in Planning, University of Toronto, 100 St. George Street, Room 5047, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 163-182 | Received 19 Jun 2014, Accepted 17 Mar 2015, Published online: 02 Jul 2015

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