Sérgio Freire, T. Santos, and J. A. Tenedório

Agriculture and Food Availability – Cultivating the City: Mapping and Characterizing Urban Agriculture with Satellite Imagery

Urban agriculture is as old a pursuit as city living. It encompasses gardens scaled in size from windowsill and greenhouse cultivation to miniature farms with livestock, fish, bees, vineyards, orchards, produce, herb and flower gardens. Now remote sensing satellites are acquiring data to measure and help municipalities integrate this activity into city planning.

Sérgio Freire, T. Santos, and J. A. Tenedório, posted on November 26th, 2009
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