A GIS-based performance metrics for designing a low energy urban agriculture system

Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography

Volumn 0, Issue , 2013, Pages 225-247

  Quan, Steven Jige ^a   Minter, John David ^a   Yang, Perry Pei Ju ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING;

AGRICULTURE SYSTEMS; ATLANTA; DESIGN DECISIONS; LOWER ENERGIES; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE METRICES; PERFORMANCE-ORIENTED; PLANNING SUPPORT SYSTEMS; SCENARIO PLANNING; URBAN AGRICULTURES;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84937407664     PISSN: 18632246     EISSN: 18632351     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-37533-0_13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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