The impact of community gardens on numbers of property crimes in Urban Houston

HortTechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 291-296

  Gorham, M R ^a   Waliczek, T M ^a   Snelgrove, A ^b   Zajicek, J M ^b  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcview; GIS; Public horticulture

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049127951     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.19.2.291     Document Type: Article

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