- 130 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
About this book
Most of us live in cities. These are becoming increasingly complex and removed from broad-scale agriculture. Yet within cities there are many examples of greenspaces and local food production that bring multiple benefits that often go unnoticed.
This book presents a collection of the latest thinking on the multiple dimensions of sustainable greenspace and food production within cities. It describes the diversity of 'urban agriculture' and seeks a balanced representation between the biophysical and the social. It deals with urban agriculture across scales - from indoor plants to farm-scale filtration of greywater. A range of examples and initiatives from both developed and developing countries is described and evaluated.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- GUEST EDITORIAL: Challenging, multidimensional agriculture in cities
- COMMENTARY: Food price volatility and the urban poor
- Sustainable urban agriculture: stocktake and opportunities
- The multifunctional use of urban greenspace
- Empowering residents and improving governance in low income communities through urban greening
- Strengthening capacity for sustainable livelihoods and food security through urban agriculture among HIV and AIDS affected households in Nakuru, Kenya
- Putting the culture back into agriculture: civic engagement, community and the celebration of local food
- The emergence of urban agriculture: Sydney, Australia
- The challenges to urban agriculture in the Sydney basin and lower Blue Mountains region of Australia
- Agronomic considerations for urban agriculture in southern cities
- Urban agriculture and sanitation services in Accra, Ghana: the overlooked contribution
- Agriculture on the edge: strategies to abate urban encroachment onto agricultural lands by promoting viable human-scale agriculture as an integral element of urbanization
- Nourishing urbanism: a case for a new urban paradigm