Family Urban Agriculture In Russia

Author : Louiza M. Boukharaeva,Marcel Marloie
Publisher : Springer
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319116143

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Family Urban Agriculture in Russia by Louiza M. Boukharaeva,Marcel Marloie Pdf

The book results from research carried out by the authors since 1999 on urban gardening collectives in Russia, then from the extension of this research towards collective urban gardening in France, with some investigations in other European Union Member States and Brazil. This research was carried out within the framework of Kazan University (currently, the Institute of Administration and Territorial Development of the Federal University of Kazan) and the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA). It enabled the creation of an international research network entitled Sustainable Development of Cities: the Relationship between City-Dwellers and Nature. This research was developed with help from a three-year research contract (October 2009 – September 2012) with the GESSOL programme of the French Ministry of Ecology, on the theme of the use of urban and peri-urban soils for the sustainable development of cities. The final report of this research contract provides the basis for the book.

Author : Frank Lohrberg,Katharina Christenn,Axel Timpe,Ayça Sancar
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-21
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783035622522

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Urban Agricultural Heritage by Frank Lohrberg,Katharina Christenn,Axel Timpe,Ayça Sancar Pdf

Urban gardening and agriculture have become important elements of sustainable urban planning in the context of persistent urbanization amid limited resources. However, a consideration of the cultural-historical dimension has been lacking up to now. The editors present the first comprehensive outline of traditional forms of food production in cities to help preserve this valuable knowledge. On the basis of current research findings, they develop new perspectives and guidelines for recognizing traditional food production systems as an aspect of cultural heritage and for dealing with urban agriculture worldwide.

Author : Francesco Orsini,Matteo Vittuari,Stefano Corsi,Dirk Wascher,Beatrice Walthall,Christian Bugge Henriksen,Candice Shoemaker,Myriam Paredes
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782832530634

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Building sustainable city region food systems to increase resilience and cope with crises by Francesco Orsini,Matteo Vittuari,Stefano Corsi,Dirk Wascher,Beatrice Walthall,Christian Bugge Henriksen,Candice Shoemaker,Myriam Paredes Pdf

Author : Alison K. Smith
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-19
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781789143652

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Cabbage and Caviar by Alison K. Smith Pdf

When people think of Russian food, they generally think either of the opulent luxury of the tsarist aristocracy or of post-Soviet elites, signified above all by caviar, or on the other hand of poverty and hunger—of cabbage and potatoes and porridge. Both of these visions have a basis in reality, but both are incomplete. The history of food and drink in Russia includes fasts and feasts, scarcity and, for some, at least, abundance. It includes dishes that came out of the northern, forested regions and ones that incorporate foods from the wider Russian Empire and later from the Soviet Union. Cabbage and Caviar places Russian food and drink in the context of Russian history and shows off the incredible (and largely unknown) variety of Russian food.

Author : Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro,George Martin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000431018

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Urban Food Production for Ecosocialism by Salvatore Engel-Di Mauro,George Martin Pdf

This book explores the critical role of urban food production in strengthening communities and in building ecosocialism. It integrates theory and practice, drawing on several local case studies from seven countries across four continents: China, Cuba, Ghana, Italy, Tanzania, the UK, and the US. Research shows that the term "urban agriculture" overstates the limited food-growing potential in cities due to a shortage of land required for growing grains, the basic human food staple. For this reason, the book suggests "urban cultivation" as an appropriate term which indicates social and political progress achieved through combined labours of urbanites to produce food. It examines how these collaborative food-growing efforts help raise local social capital, foster community organisation, and create ecological awareness in order to promote urban food production while also ensuring environmental sustainability. This book illustrates how urban cultivation constitutes a potentially important aspect of urban ecosystems, as well as offers solutions to current environmental problems. It recentres attention to the global South and debunks Eurocentric narratives, challenging capitalist commercial food-growing regimes and encouraging ecosocialist food-growing practices. Written in an accessible style, this book is recommended reading about an emergent issue which will interest students and scholars of environmental studies, geography, sociology, urban studies, politics, and economics.

Author : André Viljoen,Katrin Bohn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-25
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317674511

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Second Nature Urban Agriculture by André Viljoen,Katrin Bohn Pdf

Winner of the 2015 RIBA President's Award for Outstanding University Located Research This book is the long awaited sequel to "Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes: Designing Urban Agriculture for Sustainable Cities". "Second Nature Urban Agriculture" updates and extends the authors' concept for introducing productive urban landscapes, including urban agriculture, into cities as essential elements of sustainable urban infrastructure. It reviews recent research and projects on the subject and presents concrete actions aimed at making urban agriculture happen. As pioneering thinkers in this area, the authors bring a unique overview to contemporary developments and have the experience to judge opportunities and challenges facing those who wish to create more equitable, resilient, desirable and beautiful cities.

Author : Isaac Land
Publisher : Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789518586305

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Lake Ladoga by Isaac Land Pdf

Aimed at researchers, students and all interested in history, this multidisciplinary study offers a spectacular view of the history of Europe’s largest lake. Adopting the lens of coastal history, this edited volume presents the development of the vast Great Lake’s catchment area over a long-time span, from archaeological traces to Viking routes and from fishery huts to luxury villas of the power elite. It reflects on people’s sensory-historical relationships with aquatic nature, and considers the benefits and harms of power plants and factories to human communities and the environment. The focus of the study is on the central and northern parts of the shores of Lake Ladoga, which belonged to Finnish rule between 1812 and 1944. The multidisciplinary approach permits an unusually wide range of questions. What has the Great Lake meant to local residents in cultural and emotional terms? How should we conceptualize the extensive and diverse networks of activities that surrounded the lake? What kind of Ladoga beaches did the Finns have to cede to the Soviet Union at the end of the war in 1944? How have Finns reminisced about their lost homelands? How have the Russians transformed the profile of the region, and what is the state of Ladoga’s waters today? The volume is the first overall presentation of Lake Ladoga, which today is entirely part of Russia, aimed at an international readership. The rich source material of cross-border research consists of both diverse archival material and chronicles, folklore, reminiscence, and modern satellite images. The history of Lake Ladoga helps readers to understand better the economic, political, and socio-cultural characteristics of the cross-border areas, and the dynamics of the vulnerable border regions.

Author : Kimberley Hodgson,Marcia Caton Campbell,Martin Bailkey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Sustainable agriculture
ISBN : 1932364919

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Urban Agriculture by Kimberley Hodgson,Marcia Caton Campbell,Martin Bailkey Pdf

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 : Judith Pallot,Tat'yana Nefedova,Tatʹi︠a︡na Grigorʹevna Nefedova
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007-08-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199227419

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Russia's Unknown Agriculture by Judith Pallot,Tat'yana Nefedova,Tatʹi︠a︡na Grigorʹevna Nefedova Pdf

In this book the authors draw on extensive field work that took them over a five year period to a variety of Russian regions. By describing the forms of small farming they found in these regions, the authors uncover for the reader Russia's 'unknown agriculture', speculating about the role it will have in Russia's future.

Author : Juliana Birnbaum,Louis Fox
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-25
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781583946848

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Sustainable Revolution by Juliana Birnbaum,Louis Fox Pdf

Urban gardeners. Native seed-saving collectives. Ecovillage developments. What is the connection between these seemingly disparate groups? The ecological design system of permaculture is the common thread that weaves them into a powerful, potentially revolutionary—or reevolutionary—movement. Permaculture is a philosophy based on common ethics of sustainable cultures throughout history that have designed settlements according to nature's patterns and lived within its bounds. As a movement that has been building momentum for the past 40 years, it now is taking form as a growing network of sites developed with the intention of regenerating local ecologies and economies. Permaculture strategies can be used by individuals, groups, or nations to address basic human needs such as food, water, energy, and housing. As a species, humans are being called forth to evolve, using our collective intelligence to meet the challenges of the future. Yet if we are to survive our collective planetary crisis, we need to revisit history, integrating successful systems from sustainable cultures. To boldly confront our position on the brink of the earth's carrying capacity and make changes that incorporate the wisdom of the past is truly revolutionary. Sustainable Revolution features the work of a worldwide network of visionaries, including journalists, activists, indigenous leaders and permaculturists such as David Holmgren, Vandana Shiva, Charles Eisenstein, Starhawk, Erik Assadourian, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Albert Bates, and Geoff Lawton. This beautifully photographed collection of profiles, interviews, and essays features 60 innovative community-based projects in diverse climates across the planet. Edited by anthropologist Juliana Birnbaum Fox and award-winning activist filmmaker Louis Fox, it can be read as an informal ethnography of an international culture that is modeling solutions on the cutting edge of social and environmental change. The research presented in the book frames the permaculture movement as a significant ally to marginalized groups, such as the urban poor and native communities resisting the pressures of globalization. Sustainable Revolution uplifts and inspires with its amazing array of dynamic activists and thriving, vibrant communities.

Author : Judith Pallot,Tat'yana Nefedova
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2007-08-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780191527784

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Russia's Unknown Agriculture by Judith Pallot,Tat'yana Nefedova Pdf

Basing their findings on four years of research during which they studied rural districts drawn from a variety of contrasting regions of European Russia, the authors discuss the place of rural households in Russia's agri-food production system. They show that far from being solely concerned with 'survival' household plots in contemporary Russia are increasingly used to produce crops and livestock products for the market. In the book they describe the rich variety of forms that small and independent farming takes today from highly localised clusters of cucumber or tomato producers to specialization in crop or animal husbandry at a higher spatial scale or associated with particular ethnic groups. The authors systematically examine the influence on past and present practices of distance and the environment, the state of the large farm sector, local customs, and ethnicity on what households produce and how they produce it often using case studies of people they have met (plot holders, farmers, local officials) to illustrate their point. They criticise the tendency of the household production to be treated as the agricultural 'Other' in post-Soviet Russia and argue with the right incentives it has the potential for further development.

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781522580645

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Urban Agriculture and Food Systems: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice by Management Association, Information Resources Pdf

In recent years, the global economy has struggled to meet the nutritional needs of a growing populace. In an effort to circumvent a deepening food crisis, it is pertinent to develop new sustainability strategies and practices to provide a stable supply of food resources. Urban Agriculture and Food Systems: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice is an authoritative resource on the latest technological developments in urban agriculture and its ability to supplement current food systems. The content within this publication represents the work of topics such as sustainable production in urban spaces, farming practices, and urban distribution methods. This publication is an ideal reference source for students, professionals, policymakers, researchers, and practitioners interested in recent developments in the areas of agriculture in urban spaces.

Author : Elena G. Popkova,Bruno S. Sergi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811687310

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Sustainable Agriculture by Elena G. Popkova,Bruno S. Sergi Pdf

This book highlights the environmental footprints and best practices in sustainable agriculture. This first volume includes forty-four interesting chapters that present agriculture in the light of food security, circular economy, sustainability, food exports and imports written by leading experts in the field. It provides and interesting read for researchers, policy makers and professionals in the area of agriculture and economy.​

Author : Raquel Pinderhughes
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0742523675

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Alternative Urban Futures by Raquel Pinderhughes Pdf

Alternative Urban Futures challenges existing models of urban development and promotes alternative paradigms, processes, and technologies designed to fulfill human needs and limit the harmful impacts of human activities on the environment. The book focuses on how planners and policy makers can develop and manage essential urban infrastructures in ways that support sustainable development in the areas of waste management, water supply and management, energy production and use, building design and construction, land-use, transportation, and food systems. Each chapter features case studies that provide concrete examples of how ecologically and socially responsible urban and sustainable development planning and policy approaches have been successfully implemented in cities around the world. The book is especially effective in its emphasis on recently published statistics and writing supporting new planning and policy recommendations. Each chapter ends with a summary, accompanied by a list of questions that can be addressed with information provided in the text.

Author : Csaba Csáki
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 082135177X

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Food and Agricultural Policy in Russia by Csaba Csáki Pdf

The agricultural sector in Russia has considerable untapped productive potential. Given this potential, agriculture could provide a solid foundation for growth and poverty alleviation, particularly in rural areas of Russia. The objectives of this book are to facilitate debate of issues key to agricultural policy, to contribute to a greater understanding of the Russian agricultural sector outside of Russia, and to identify a framework for further collaboration between the Russian government and the World Bank in the rural sector.