Can cities become self-reliant in food?

Cities

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Grewal, Sharanbir S ^a   Grewal, Parwinder S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Globalization; Local self reliance; Post industrial cities; Urban agriculture; Urban food production

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; FOOD MARKET; FOOD PRODUCTION; GLOBALIZATION; PLANNING PROCESS; URBAN AGRICULTURE; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

CLEVELAND [OHIO]; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83355173983     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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