Putting domestic gardens on the agenda using empirical spatial data: The case of Flanders

Applied Geography

Volumn 50, Issue , 2014, Pages 132-143

  Dewaelheyns, Valerie ^a,b   Rogge, Elke ^b,c   Gulinck, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Densification; Domestic gardens; Garden area; Garden distribution; Garden growth; Land use mapping

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GARDEN; LAND USE; MAPPING; SPATIAL DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL PLANNING; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; URBANIZATION;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

EID: 84897415914     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.02.011     Document Type: Article

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