Measuring sustainability performance of local food production in home gardens

Local Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-55

  Ghosh, Sumita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

home gardens; local food; neighbourhood; spatial analysis; sustainability

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTION; GIS; HOME GARDEN; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84892529299     PISSN: 13549839     EISSN: 14696711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13549839.2012.716412     Document Type: Article

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