Contributions of Local Farming to Urban Sustainability in the Northeast United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 13, 2017, Pages 7340-7349

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

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD SUPPLY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER CONSERVATION;

CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON FOOTPRINT REDUCTIONS; COMMUNITY BUILDINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MULTI-REGION INPUT-OUTPUT MODELS; OPTIMAL PRODUCTION; URBAN SUSTAINABILITY;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; CARBON FOOTPRINT; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FARMING SYSTEM; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LAND USE; MASSACHUSETTS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OCCUPATION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE; AGRICULTURE; CITY;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; BOSTON; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CITIES; NEW ENGLAND;

EID: 85024402101     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b01011     Document Type: Article

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