Urban Agriculture For Growing City Regions
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Author |
: Undine Giseke |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 571 |
Release |
: 2015-09-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317910138 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317910133 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis Urban Agriculture for Growing City Regions by : Undine Giseke
This book demonstrates how agriculture can play a determining role in integrated, climate-optimised urban development. Agriculture within urban growth centres today is more than an economic or social left-over or a niche practice. It is instead a complex system that offers multiple potentials for interaction with the urban system. Urban open space and agriculture can be linked to a productive green infrastructure – this forms new urban-rural linkages in the urbanizing region and helps shape the city. But in order to do this, agriculture has to be seen as an integral part of the urban fabric and it has to be put on the local agenda. Urban Agriculture for Growing City Regions takes the example of Casablanca, one of the fastest growing cities in North Africa, to investigate this approach. The creation of synergies between the urban and rural in an emerging megacity is demonstrated through pilot projects, design solutions, and multifunctional modules. These synergies assure greater resource efficiency; particularly regarding the use and reuse of water, and they strengthen regional food security and the social integration of multiple spheres. A transdisciplinary research approach brings together different scientific disciplines and local actors into a process of integrated knowledge production. The book will have a long lasting legacy and is essential reading for researchers, planners, practitioners and policy makers who are working on urban development and urban agricultural strategies.
Author |
: International Development Research Centre (Canada) |
Publisher |
: IDRC |
Total Pages |
: 474 |
Release |
: 2014-05-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781552502167 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1552502163 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cities Farming for the Future by : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Author |
: Henk de Zeeuw |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 374 |
Release |
: 2015-09-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317506614 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317506618 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cities and Agriculture by : Henk de Zeeuw
As people increasingly migrate to urban settings and more than half of the world's population now lives in cities, it is vital to plan and provide for sustainable and resilient food systems which reflect this challenge. This volume presents experience and evidence-based "state of the art" chapters on the key dimensions of urban food challenges and types of intra- and peri-urban agriculture. The book provides urban planners, local policy makers and urban development practitioners with an overview of crucial aspects of urban food systems based on an up to date review of research results and practical experiences in both developed and developing countries. By doing so, the international team of authors provides a balanced textbook for students of the growing number of courses on sustainable agriculture, food and urban studies, as well as a solid basis for well-informed policy making, planning and implementation regarding the development of sustainable, resilient and just urban food systems.
Author |
: Luc J. A. Mougeot |
Publisher |
: IDRC |
Total Pages |
: 119 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781552502266 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1552502260 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis Growing Better Cities by : Luc J. A. Mougeot
Accompanying CD-ROM also has titles in French and Spanish.
Author |
: Ben Hartman |
Publisher |
: Chelsea Green Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 258 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781603585927 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1603585923 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Lean Farm by : Ben Hartman
A practical, systems-based approach for a more sustainable farming operation To many people today, using the words "factory" and "farm" in the same sentence is nothing short of sacrilege. In many cases, though, the same sound business practices apply whether you are producing cars or carrots. Author Ben Hartman and other young farmers are increasingly finding that incorporating the best new ideas from business into their farming can drastically cut their wastes and increase their profits, making their farms more environmentally and economically sustainable. By explaining the lean system for identifying and eliminating waste and introducing efficiency in every aspect of the farm operation, The Lean Farm makes the case that small-scale farming can be an attractive career option for young people who are interested in growing food for their community. Working smarter, not harder, also prevents the kind of burnout that start-up farmers often encounter in the face of long, hard, backbreaking labor. Lean principles grew out of the Japanese automotive industry, but they are now being followed on progressive farms around the world. Using examples from his own family's one-acre community-supported farm in Indiana, Hartman clearly instructs other small farmers in how to incorporate lean practices in each step of their production chain, from starting a farm and harvesting crops to training employees and selling goods. While the intended audience for this book is small-scale farmers who are part of the growing local food movement, Hartman's prescriptions for high-value, low-cost production apply to farms and businesses of almost any size or scale that hope to harness the power of lean in their production processes.
Author |
: François Mancebo |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 167 |
Release |
: 2014-11-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789401795326 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9401795320 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis Transitions to Sustainability by : François Mancebo
This book calls for the conditions of transition to sustainability: How to take into consideration new global phenomena such as and of the dimension of climate change, the depletion of natural resources, financial crises, demographic dynamics, global urbanization, migrations and mobility, while bearing in mind short-term or local place-based issues, such as social justice or quality of life? Meeting this challenge requires an inclusive approach of sustainability. It is a matter of designing a new social contract: Sustainability requires more than developing the right markets, institutions and metrics, it requires social momentum. To do so, many issues need a clear and complete answer: How to link social justice with sustainability policies? What governance tools to do so? What linkage between one decision-making level and the other? These are major issues to design sound transitions to sustainability.
Author |
: Kimberley Hodgson |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2011 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1932364919 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781932364910 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Synopsis Urban Agriculture by : Kimberley Hodgson
Urban agriculture is rising steadily in popularity in the United States and Canada - there are stories in the popular press, it has an increasingly central place in the growing local food movement, and there is a palpable interest in changing cities to foster both healthier residents and more sustainable communities. The most popular form of urban agriculture, community gardening, contributes significantly to developing social connections, building capacity, and empowering communities in urban neighborhoods. Older, industrial cities such as Cleveland, Detroit, and Buffalo, with their drastic loss of population and their acres of vacant land, are emerging as centers for urban agriculture initiatives - in essence, becoming laboratories for the future role of urban food production in the postindustrial city. Because urban agriculture entails the use of urban land, it has implications for urban land-use planning, which is controlled and regulated by municipal governments and planning agencies. This PAS Report provides authoritative guidance for dealing with the implications of this cutting-edge practice that is changing our cities forever.
Author |
: Axumite G. Egziabher |
Publisher |
: IDRC |
Total Pages |
: 138 |
Release |
: 2014-05-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781552501092 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1552501094 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cities Feeding People by : Axumite G. Egziabher
Cities Feeding People examines urban agriculture in East Africa and proves that it is a safe, clean, and secure method to feed the world's struggling urban residents. It also collapses the myth that urban agriculture is practiced only by the poor and unemployed. Cities Feeding People provides the hard facts needed to convince governments that urban agriculture should have a larger role in feeding the urban population.
Author |
: Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition |
Publisher |
: Island Press |
Total Pages |
: 274 |
Release |
: 2018-06-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781610918947 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1610918940 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis Nourished Planet by : Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition
Nourished Planet illustrates what our global food system can be - a collection of the smartest ideas to nourish us all. From urban farmers in Kenya to American doctors to government officials in Egypt, its voices demonstrate how diverse perspectives are coming together to feed the world sustainably.--back cover.
Author |
: Frank Lohrberg |
Publisher |
: Jovis Verlag GmbH |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2016 |
ISBN-10 |
: 3868593713 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9783868593716 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Urban Agriculture Europe by : Frank Lohrberg
"How can agriculture contribute to the sustainable development of European cities? How can agriculture and horticulture create vital urban spaces that have new social and ecological qualities and are also economically viable? Urban Agriculture Europe is the first comprehensive, transdisciplinary publication about urban agriculture in Europe. Apart from well-known examples of urban food gardens in Western European metropolises, this volume also studies innovative forms of periurban agriculture, bringing in experiences in Eastern and Southern Europe. The contributions approach urban agriculture from the point of view of social science, the economy, agricultural ecology, and spatial planning and address the role of citizens, involved parties, and politics, as well as operational models and planning tools. Case studies from Barcelona, Dublin, Geneva, Milan, Sofia, Warsaw, and the Ruhr Metropolis allow a comparative view of European practice. Statements from involved parties and guidance for cities and regions round off the publication."--Page 4 of cover.