Cultivating Portlandia: A Mixed-Method Study of Residential Urban Agriculture in Portland, Oregon

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2014

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Urban agriculture
Sustainable agriculture
Sustainable urban development
Google Earth
Google Streetview
spatial analysis
socio-economic variations

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Research Question: What is the scale and scope of residential urban agriculture (UA) in metro Portland? How does the practice of UA vary spatially? How do gardeners' motivations and practices vary along socioeconomic lines?