Sustainable controlled environment agriculture for urban areas

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 801 PART 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 449-455

  Nelkin, J ^a   Caplow, T ^a  

^a New York Center for Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Rain water catchment; Recirculating hydroponics; Renewable energy; Sustainability; Urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 71449117442     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2008.801.48     Document Type: Conference Paper

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