Potential mitigation of the environmental impacts of food systems through urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) – a life cycle assessment approach

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 140, Issue , 2017, Pages 784-795

  Benis, Khadija ^a   Ferrão, Paulo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dietary change; Environmental impacts mitigation; Food supply chain; Food system; LCA; Urban and peri urban agriculture (UPA)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMICS; FOOD SUPPLY; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE; POPULATION STATISTICS; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; DIETARY CHANGES; FOOD SYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT; TRANSPORTATION DISTANCE; URBAN AND PERI-URBAN AGRICULTURES;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84994045711     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.05.176     Document Type: Article

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