How does your garden grow? An empirical evaluation of the costs and potential of urban gardening

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 72-79

  CoDyre, Michael ^a   Fraser, Evan D G ^a   Landman, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Garden efficiency; Gardening; Self provisioning; Urban agricultural yields; Urban agriculture; Urban food security

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD PRODUCTION; GARDEN; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AGRICULTURE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 84940166422     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2014.11.001     Document Type: Article

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