Urban Agriculture as a Productive Green Infrastructure for Environmental and Social Well-Being

Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 155-179

  Lin, Brenda B ^a   Philpott, Stacy M ^b   Jha, Shalene ^c   Liere, Heidi ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d REED COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Food security; Green space; Land use; Public good; Urban food

Indexed keywords

EID: 85140268789     PISSN: 21982546     EISSN: 21982554     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-4113-6_8     Document Type: Chapter

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