Resolving differing stakeholder perceptions of urban rooftop farming in Mediterranean cities: promoting food production as a driver for innovative forms of urban agriculture

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 101-120

  Sanyé Mengual, Esther ^a   Anguelovski, Isabelle ^a   Oliver Solà, Jordi ^a,b   Montero, Juan Ignacio ^a,b   Rieradevall, Joan ^a,c  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Local production; Rooftop farming; Rooftop greenhouses; Urban self sufficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955189377     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: 15728366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-015-9594-y     Document Type: Article

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