Urban agriculture and food security: A critique based on an assessment of urban land constraints

Global Food Security

Volumn 4, Issue , 2015, Pages 8-15

  Badami, Madhav G ^a   Ramankutty, Navin ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food security; Urban agriculture; Urban land use; Urban poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922932242     PISSN: 22119124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2014.10.003     Document Type: Review

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