Assessing the potential contribution of vacant land to urban vegetable production and consumption in Oakland, California

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 46-58

  McClintock, Nathan ^a   Cooper, Jenny ^a   Khandeshi, Snehee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Applied GIS; Food systems planning; Land use; Mapping; Urban agriculture; Urban gardens

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; AEROSPACE VEHICLES; AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; ANTENNAS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; MAPPING; VEGETABLES;

CURRENT CONSUMPTION; FOOD SYSTEM; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; STAKEHOLDER INTEREST; URBAN AGRICULTURES; URBAN GARDEN; VEGETABLE PRODUCTIONS; VISUAL INTERPRETATION;

URBAN GROWTH;

AERIAL SURVEY; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SUPPLY; GIS; IMAGERY; INVENTORY; LAND USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MAPPING; SITE INVESTIGATION; STAKEHOLDER; URBAN AGRICULTURE; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECONOMY; VEGETABLE; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; OAKLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872803947     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.12.009     Document Type: Article

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