Urban horticulture: Its significance to environmental conservation

Sustainability Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 241-247

  Ohyama, Katsumi ^a   Takagaki, Michiko ^a   Kurasaka, Hidefumi ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Greenhouse; Plant production; Resource; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 56049114208     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-008-0054-0     Document Type: Article

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