A City of Farmers: Informal Urban Agriculture in the Open Spaces of Nairobi, Kenya

by Donald B. Freeman

In an insightful new study, Donald Freeman examines the development and significance of urban agriculture in Nairobi, Kenya, overturning a number of common assumptions about the inhabitants and economy of African cities. He addresses the ways in which urban agriculture fits into a broader picture of Kenyan social and economic development and discusses the implications of his findings for development theory in general. Freeman begins by exploring the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773508228
• ISBN13: 9780773508224
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: Carleton University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.