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Urban and Regional Agriculture
Building Resilient Food Systems
A global handbook on the science, engineering, social, economic, business and environmental aspects of the urban food revolution
Peter Droege (Edited by)
9780128202869, Elsevier Science
Paperback, published 9 December 2022
654 pages, 677 illustrations (200 in full color)
23.5 x 19 x 4 cm, 1.29 kg
Urban and Regional Agriculture: Building Resilient Food Systems explores the sustainable integration of food provision, distribution and consumption through urban farms, agricultural systems, user communities and structural facilities designed to optimize food production and consumption. The book addresses the fundamental and pressing challenges of urban planning problems, waste minimization, food sourcing, access and equity issues, and multiple land use optimization. Sections cover the need and opportunities of urban agriculture, discuss tradition and transition, space and regulatory topics, explore the range of urban agriculture options (aquaculture to urban permaculture), discuss support structures and constructs of physically creating urban agricultural areas, and much more. Edited and authored by leading experts in the field, this volume will be valuable for those working to address issues of food security in urban environments.
I 1. Farming for a stable climate Peter Droege PARADIGMS AND POLICIES 2. Community-based urban agriculture for food justice: a review Marie Asma Ben-Othmen, Vivianne Cardoze, Julia Hani and Loïc Sauvee3. The Role of Food Policy Councils in Supporting 3. The role of food policy councils in supporting urban agriculture: A scoping review Rebecca Schiff and Ashley Wilkinson 4. A city for all who eat: foodscape values for liveable cities Alana Mann 5. Urbanerural food system convergence as a vector for sustainable transformation Alison Blay-Palmer, Rene van Veenhuizen, Guido Santini, Dinah Hoffmann, Patrick Wodni, Philipp Stierand and Lori Stahlbrand 6. Cuba's Agroecological Revolution: Implication for Widespread Adoption Cooper Olds CITIES AND PLANNING 7. From the Reformation to Garden Citiesea Danish perspective on the development of urban agriculture in Europe Sa DESIGNING URBAN AND REGIONAL AGRICULTURE 14. Grown in the City: A design typologies for productive landscapes Jessica Ann Diehl 15. Urban integration of aquaponics: advancing integrated food systems for the circular city Gundula Proksch, Erin Horn and George Lee 16. Translating unique agricultural precedents into public urban agriculture design Joshua Zeunert and Tanya Court 17. The ReciproCity: nature-driven urbanism in Western Sydney Rob Roggema, Nico Tillie and Greg Keeffe STATE OF SYSTEMS 18. Commercial rooftop greenhouses: technical requirements, operational strategies, economic considerations, and future opportunities Gundula Proksch and Alex Ianchenko 19. Indoor farms for tomorrow’s cities: improving environmental and economic performance Julia Kurnik 20. Peruvian Hydroponics: low-cost options to produce vegetables for South American cities Rodriguez-Delfin Alfredo 21. Living Architecture: Metabolic applications for next-generation, selectively programmable bioreactors Molly Hogle, Barbara Imhof, Waltraut Hoheneder, Rachel Armstrong, Ioannis Ieropoulos, Lauren Wallis, Jiseon You and Juan Nogales
Subject Areas: Agronomy & crop production [TVK], Agricultural engineering & machinery [TVD], Agriculture & farming [TV], Technology: general issues [TB], The environment [RN], Agriculture & related industries [KNAC]
