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Institutions for Collective Gardening: A Comparative Analysis of 51 Urban Community Gardens in Anglophone and German-Speaking Countries Cover

Institutions for Collective Gardening: A Comparative Analysis of 51 Urban Community Gardens in Anglophone and German-Speaking Countries

By: Ida Göttl and  Marianne Penker  
Open Access
|Feb 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.961 | Journal eISSN: 1875-0281
Language: English
Submitted on: Feb 2, 2019
Accepted on: Sep 22, 2019
Published on: Feb 17, 2020
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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