Agriculture in urban and peri-urban areas in the United States: Highlights from the census of agriculture

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 64-78

  Rogus, Stephanie ^a   Dimitri, Carolyn ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Census of Agriculture; farm clustering; peri urban agriculture; spatial analysis; urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CENSUS; METROPOLITAN AREA; PERIURBAN AREA; POLICY REFORM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AGRICULTURE;

BOSTON; CONNECTICUT; HARTFORD; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

CAPRA HIRCUS;

EID: 84921962404     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170514000040     Document Type: Article

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