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Urban agriculture growth in US cities

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  • Lisa Palmer

    (National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center in Annapolis)

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In the United States, urban agriculture is growing as a result of increased availability of unused land and innovative development; the growth of farms and community gardens improves the ability of community members to cope with social and environmental change. But what will make urban agriculture sustainable?

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  • Lisa Palmer, 2018. "Urban agriculture growth in US cities," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 1(1), pages 5-7, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natsus:v:1:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41893-017-0014-8
    DOI: 10.1038/s41893-017-0014-8
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    1. Jinkwan Son & Minjae Kong & Hongshik Nam, 2022. "Design Model and Management Plan of a Rice–Fish Mixed Farming Paddy for Urban Agriculture and Ecological Education," Land, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-23, August.
    2. Alessio Russo & Giuseppe T. Cirella, 2019. "Edible urbanism 5.0," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 5(1), pages 1-9, December.
    3. Xiqiang Xia & Junhu Ruan, 2020. "Analyzing Barriers for Developing a Sustainable Circular Economy in Agriculture in China Using Grey-DEMATEL Approach," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(16), pages 1-25, August.
    4. Esther Sanyé-Mengual & Francesco Orsini & Giorgio Gianquinto, 2018. "Revisiting the Sustainability Concept of Urban Food Production from a Stakeholders’ Perspective," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(7), pages 1-19, June.
    5. Candis M. Hunter & Dana H. Z. Williamson & Matthew O. Gribble & Halle Bradshaw & Melanie Pearson & Eri Saikawa & P. Barry Ryan & Michelle Kegler, 2019. "Perspectives on Heavy Metal Soil Testing Among Community Gardeners in the United States: A Mixed Methods Approach," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(13), pages 1-19, July.
    6. Lauren Balotin & Samantha Distler & Antoinette Williams & Samuel J.W. Peters & Candis M. Hunter & Chris Theal & Gil Frank & Taranji Alvarado & Rosario Hernandez & Arthur Hines & Eri Saikawa, 2020. "Atlanta Residents’ Knowledge Regarding Heavy Metal Exposures and Remediation in Urban Agriculture," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(6), pages 1-27, March.

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