Quantitative assessment of the Japanese "local production for local consumption" movement: A case study of growth of vegetables in the Osaka city region

Sustainability Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 515-527

  Hara, Yuji ^a   Tsuchiya, Kazuaki ^a   Matsuda, Hirotaka ^b   Yamamoto, Yugo ^a   Sampei, Yuki ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foodshed; Local food systems; Material and energy flow analysis; Sustainable city region; Urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878358872     PISSN: 18624065     EISSN: 18624057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11625-012-0198-9     Document Type: Article

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