Social and inclusive “value” generation in metropolitan area with the “urban gardens” planning

Green Energy and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2020, Pages 285-302

  Sturiale, Luisa ^a   Scuderi, Alessandro ^a   Timpanaro, Giuseppe ^a   Foti, Vera Teresa ^a   Stella, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agro Urban Planning; Green Infrastructures; Resilient Cities; Social Network Analysis (SNA); Urban Agriculture; Urban Ecosystem

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; RESILIENT CITIES; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; URBAN AGRICULTURES; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 85070538998     PISSN: 18653529     EISSN: 18653537     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-23786-8_16     Document Type: Chapter

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