Urban agriculture oriented towards self-supply, social and commercial purpose: A typology

Land

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Krikser, Thomas ^a,b   Piorr, Annette ^b   Berges, Regine ^b,c   Opitz, Inaina opitz@zalf de ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^c Agrathaer GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Business models; Decision making; Governance; Land use in urban areas; Social innovation; Urban agriculture theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019242926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2073445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/land5030028     Document Type: Article

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