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Urban versus conventional agriculture, taxonomy of resource profiles: a review
2016
Agronomy for Sustainable Development
Urban agriculture appears to be a means to combat the environmental pressure of increasing urbanization and food demand. However, there is hitherto limited knowledge of the efficiency and scaling up of practices of urban farming. Here, we review the claims on urban agriculture's comparative performance relative to conventional food production. Our main findings are as follows: (1) benefits, such as reduced embodied greenhouse gases, urban heat island reduction, and storm water mitigation, have
doi:10.1007/s13593-015-0348-4
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