Growing gardens in Shrinking cities: A solution to the soil lead problem?

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Schwarz, Kirsten ^a   Cutts, Bethany B ^b   London, Jonathan K ^c   Cadenasso, Mary L ^c  

^a NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Gardening; Lead; Metals; Shrinking cities; Soil; Sustainability; Urban

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GARDEN; LEAD; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TEST; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84960417510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8020141     Document Type: Article

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