Environmental impact assessment of organic and conventional tomato production in urban greenhouses of Beijing city, China

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 134, Issue Part A, 2016, Pages 251-258

  He, Xueqing ^a   Qiao, Yuhui ^a   Liu, Yuexian ^b   Dendler, Leonie ^c   Yin, Cheng ^a   Martin, Friederike ^a,d  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental impact assessment; Greenhouse organic tomato production; Sustainable food consumption; Urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZERS; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUITS; GREENHOUSES; LIFE CYCLE; MANURES; SOILS; TOXICITY;

CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION; GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); ORGANIC TOMATO; SUSTAINABLE FOOD CONSUMPTION; URBAN AGRICULTURES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84955505292     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.12.004     Document Type: Article

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