The Wild Life of Pesticides: Urban agriculture, institutional responsibility, and the future of biodiversity in Sydney's Hawkesbury-Nepean River

Australian Geographer

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-91

  Plant, Roel ^a   Walker, Jeremy ^a   Rayburg, Scott ^a   Gothe, Jacqueline ^a   Leung, Teresa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Freelance Designer   (Australia)

Author keywords

biodiversity; Chemical risk and regulation; food security; Hawkesbury Nepean River; land use planning; urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGROCHEMICAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOOD SECURITY; HORTICULTURE; LAND USE PLANNING; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALIA; HAWKESBURY-NEPEAN BASIN; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY BASIN;

EID: 84863410686     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: 14653311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2012.649520     Document Type: Article

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