Testing the environmental performance of urban agriculture as a food supply in northern climates

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 135, Issue , 2016, Pages 984-994

  Goldstein, Benjamin ^a   Hauschild, Michael ^a   Fernández, John ^b   Birkved, Morten ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food; Food systems; Life cycle assessment; Urban agriculture; Urban design; Urban systems

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD PRODUCTS; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUITS; LIFE CYCLE;

FOOD SYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); URBAN AGRICULTURES; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN SYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84990818611     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.07.004     Document Type: Article

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