Retrofitting the suburban garden: Morphologies and some elements of sustainability potential of two Australian residential suburbs compared

Australian Geographer

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-346

  Ghosh, Sumita ^a   Head, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon storage; Food production; New South Wales; Rainwater harvesting; Residential gardens; Suburban morphologies; Suburbs

Indexed keywords

EID: 78951469317     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049180903127754     Document Type: Article

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