Environmental challenges threatening the growth of urban agriculture in the united states

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1283-1294

  Wortman, Sam E ^a   Lovel, Sarah Taylor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS; SOIL CONTAMINATION AND REMEDIATIONS;

REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CROPPING SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; GROWTH; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); SAFETY; SCIENCE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AGRICULTURE; URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884926266     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2013.01.0031     Document Type: Article

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