Open AccessUrban Gardening: A Valuable Activity But…
Author(s) -
Alan Hallsworth,
Alfred Wong
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of agriculture food systems and community development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2152-0798
pISSN - 2152-0801
DOI - 10.5304/jafscd.2013.032.010
Subject(s) - popularity , business , urban landscape , food supply , geography , environmental planning , aesthetics , sociology , political science , economics , agricultural economics , law , art
Urban gardening has a high popularity among civic politicians as well as certain vocal advocates. However, there is no basis to expect that this food-supply concept could ever deliver fresher food and/or lower cost foods to most people living within the contemporary structure of a modern urbanized society.
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