Spatial distribution of greenhouse commercial horticulture in Kenya and the role of demographic, infrastructure and topo-edaphic factors

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 274-296

  Justus, Faith ^a   Yu, Danlin ^a  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercial Horticulture; Greenhouse; Spatial Patterns; Sub Watersheds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925490198     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22209964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijgi3010274     Document Type: Article

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