The Coming Of Age Of Urban Agriculture

Author : Rob Roggema
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3031378636

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For a long time, urban agriculture initiatives have been explored and novel policy and planning practices have been investigated. With the global food crisis the role urban agriculture has to play becomes more and more urgent. The potentials are large: it brings social justice, it limits climate change, it provides a healthy urban condition, it stimulates biodiversity and gives disadvantaged people an economic opportunity. After 15 years in the making, the time is ripe to see whether the growing of food has established a prominent position in urban planning and policies, food productivity, safety and security, social well-being, the arts, and human health. In this volume several aspects of growing food in the city are explored. Urban Agriculture plays a significant role in society. Nevertheless, it did not become a mainstream topic in day-to-day practice. This book provides concrete solutions and clues how to give urban food production a crucial role in the future planning of urban environments.

Author : Rob Roggema
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783031378614

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The Coming of Age of Urban Agriculture by Rob Roggema Pdf

For a long time, urban agriculture initiatives have been explored and novel policy and planning practices have been investigated. With the global food crisis the role urban agriculture has to play becomes more and more urgent. The potentials are large: it brings social justice, it limits climate change, it provides a healthy urban condition, it stimulates biodiversity and gives disadvantaged people an economic opportunity. After 15 years in the making, the time is ripe to see whether the growing of food has established a prominent position in urban planning and policies, food productivity, safety and security, social well-being, the arts, and human health. In this volume several aspects of growing food in the city are explored. Urban Agriculture plays a significant role in society. Nevertheless, it did not become a mainstream topic in day-to-day practice. This book provides concrete solutions and clues how to give urban food production a crucial role in the future planning of urban environments.

Author : Erik Bichard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136270666

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The Coming of Age of the Green Community by Erik Bichard Pdf

People organising to protect their environment is not a new phenomenon, but the groups that have been pushing for environmental change since the 1970s have not convinced sufficient numbers make sustainable decisions or to lead sustainable lives. Governments have serially failed to do the job at the international level. Now, climate change, resource depletion and widening social aspirations threaten to destabilise human society unless sustainable change can be influenced from another direction. The Coming of Age of the Green Community explores the activities of a new generation of community-led initiatives that may herald the beginnings of the next wave of activism. Erik Bichard combines the testimonies of dozens of group activists with historic evidence and the views of a range of commentators from a variety of disciplines to put forward reasons why some green community groups succeed while others fail. He concludes with a valuable prescription for both existing and emerging groups on how to be sustainable, both over time and in their actions. This book address one of the key questions of the twenty-first century: has the local perspective on this universal concern finally come of age?

Author : Jagdish Chander Dagar,Sharda Rani Gupta,Gudeta Weldesemayat Sileshi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811946028

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Agroforestry for Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture in Asia and Africa by Jagdish Chander Dagar,Sharda Rani Gupta,Gudeta Weldesemayat Sileshi Pdf

This edited book opens up new vistas for sustainable intensification in agriculture to provide food to ever growing population as well as adapting to the risks of global environmental change. Diverting from conventional agriculture, the book explores new dimensions and concepts that have been identified for future research and development in sustaining agriculture in Asia and Africa regions. The chapters are written by leading researchers and practitioners in the field of agroforestry. The book demonstrates how agroforestry could be instrumental in bringing stability and sustainability in agricultural production. It offers sustainable solutions for the impending problems of climate change, ecosystem degradation, declining agricultural productivity, and uncertain food security. It is an essential resource for students in agroforestry courses, as well as a valuable introduction to the field for professionals in related areas.

Author : Michael Ableman
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781771423281

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Farm the City by Michael Ableman Pdf

“A useful manual for anyone interested in turning the concrete jungle green . . . a must-have for any urban dweller serious about farming.” —Publishers Weekly In Farm the City, Michael Ableman, the “Spartacus of Sustainable Food Activism,” offers a guide to setting up and running a successful urban farm, derived from the success of Sole Food Street Farms, one of the largest urban agriculture enterprises in North America. Sole Food Street Farms spans four acres of land in Vancouver, produces twenty-five tons of food annually, provides meaningful work for dozens of disadvantaged people, and has improved the surrounding community in countless ways. Coverage includes: Selecting land and choosing the right crops Growing food in city farms, including plans for planting and harvesting Fundraising and marketing strategies, philosophies, and vital information for selling fresh products Navigating local government and regulations Engaging the community and building meaningful livelihoods Farm the City is an invaluable tool kit for entrepreneurs and activists looking to create economic and social value through urban agriculture. Urban farming has the power to change diets, economies, and lives. Yet starting an urban farm can seem daunting with skills and knowledge that extend beyond growing to include marketing, sales, employees, community relations, and navigating local regulations. With this comprehensive guide, you’ll be running a successful urban farm in no time. “A story of how to bring cities back to life, literally and emotionally . . . Local food not only addresses quality of life, economy, and food security, it changes our hearts . . . [a] wonderfully written testament to life.” —Paul Hawken, New York Times bestselling author of Drawdown

Author : René van Veenhuizen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : OCLC:895774706

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Cities Farming for the Future by René van Veenhuizen Pdf

Author : Donald Cole,Diana Lee-Smith,George Nasinyama
Publisher : International Potato Center
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Food supply
ISBN : 9290603550

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Healthy City Harvests by Donald Cole,Diana Lee-Smith,George Nasinyama Pdf

Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781552502167

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Cities Farming for the Future by International Development Research Centre (Canada) Pdf

Author : Jessica Ann Diehl,Harpreet Kaur
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789811637384

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New Forms of Urban Agriculture: An Urban Ecology Perspective by Jessica Ann Diehl,Harpreet Kaur Pdf

Eating locally and developing an urban-rural food continuum is a rapidly evolving movement. Integration of multi-functional forms of agriculture — termed New Forms of Urban Agriculture (NFUA) — could be a critical adaptation to strengthen this movement and for the sustainability of cities. While NFUA have the potential to provide diverse benefits to humans, there is an absence of reliable empirical data on the scale and impact of urban resources on NFUA which has a profound impact on its viability and sustainability. In this book, we shift the focus from how NFUA have potential to impact the urban system to investigate the potential impacts of urban resources on NFUA. Access to resources such as land, labour, clean water, etc. are major barriers to enter the agriculture sector in the cities; the chapters in this book present projects or reviews recent research on the subject from different cities in the world. This edited volume offers critical perspectives from diverse disciplines, expertise, and geographic contexts related to the actual and potential role of urban and peri-urban agriculture in the developing and the developed world where forms, adaptations, and debates around NFUA vary distinctively. Using and urban ecology lens, the book provides empirical evidence of how urban resources of land, water/waste, labour, and biodiversity impact NFUA.

Author : Julie Dunlap,Susan A. Cohen
Publisher : Trinity University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781595347787

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Coming of Age at the End of Nature by Julie Dunlap,Susan A. Cohen Pdf

Coming of Age at the End of Nature explores a new kind of environmental writing. This powerful anthology gathers the passionate voices of young writers who have grown up in an environmentally damaged and compromised world. Each contributor has come of age since Bill McKibben foretold the doom of humanity’s ancient relationship with a pristine earth in his prescient 1988 warning of climate change, The End of Nature. What happens to individuals and societies when their most fundamental cultural, historical, and ecological bonds weaken—or snap? In Coming of Age at the End of Nature, insightful millennials express their anger and love, dreams and fears, and sources of resilience for living and thriving on our shifting planet. Twenty-two essays explore wide-ranging themes that are paramount to young generations but that resonate with everyone, including redefining materialism and environmental justice, assessing the risk and promise of technology, and celebrating place anywhere from a wild Atlantic island to the Arizona desert, to Baltimore and Bangkok. The contributors speak with authority on problems facing us all, whether railing against the errors of past generations, reveling in their own adaptability, or insisting on a collective responsibility to do better.

Author : Vanesa Castán Broto,Linda Westman
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781786994950

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Urban Sustainability and Justice by Vanesa Castán Broto,Linda Westman Pdf

Urban Sustainability and Justice presents an innovative yet practical approach to incorporate equity and social justice into sustainable development in urban areas, in line with the commitments of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda. This work proposes a feminist reading of just sustainabilities' principles to reclaim sustainability as a progressive discourse which informs action on the ground. This work will help the committed activist (whether they are on the ground, working in a community, in a non-governmental organization (NGO), in a business, at a university, in any sphere in government) to connect their work to international efforts to deliver environmental justice in cities around the world. Drawing on a comparative, international analysis of sustainability initiatives in over 200 cities, Castán Broto and Westman find limited evidence of the implementation of just sustainabilities principles in practice, but they argue that there is considerable potential to develop a justice-oriented sustainability agenda. Highlighting current successes while also assessing prospects for the future, the authors show that just sustainabilities is not merely an aspirational discourse, but a frame of reference to support radical action on the ground.

Author : J. L. Miralles i Garcia,C. A. Brebbia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1784663034

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Urban Agriculture and City Sustainability by J. L. Miralles i Garcia,C. A. Brebbia Pdf

Papers presented at the 1st International Conference on Urban Agriculture and City Sustainability are contained in this book. The research reviews ways in which urban agriculture can contribute to achieve sustainable cities and considers ways of reducing the impact in terms of use of natural resources, waste production and climate change.The increasing number of people in cities requires new strategies to supply the necessary food with limited provision of land and decreasing resources. This will become more challenging unless innovative solutions for growing and distributing food in urban environments are considered.The scale of modern food production has created and exacerbated many vulnerabilities and the feeding of cities is now infinitely more complex. As such the food system cannot be considered secure, ethical or sustainable.In the last few years there has been a rapid expansion in initiatives and projects exploring innovative methods and processes for sustainable food production. The majority of these projects are focused on providing alternative models that shift the power back from the global food system to communities and farmers improving social cohesion, health and wellbeing. It is therefore not surprising that more people are looking towards urban farming initiatives as a potential solution.These initiatives have demonstrated that urban agriculture has the potential to transform our living environment towards ecologically sustainable and healthy cities. Urban agriculture can also contribute to energy, natural resources, land and water savings, ecological diversity and urban management cost reductions.The impact urban agriculture can have on the shape and form of our cities has never been fully addressed. The studies included in this volume look at how cities embed these new approaches and initiatives, as part of new urban developments and show that a city regeneration strategy is critical.

Author : Thomas Henry Whitlow,Yoshiki Harada,Zhongqi Cheng,Gaston Small
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889748662

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Current Status and Trends in Urban Agriculture by Thomas Henry Whitlow,Yoshiki Harada,Zhongqi Cheng,Gaston Small Pdf

Author : Michael N. Dobkowski,Isidor Wallimann
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1998-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815627440

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The Coming Age of Scarcity by Michael N. Dobkowski,Isidor Wallimann Pdf

Michael Dobkowski and Isidor Walliman have edited a book that, although ominous, is not a fatalistic look at the future. The Coming Age of Scarcity lays out the perils of not recognizing the reality of genocide or of acknowledging the full implications of warfare. Showing how scarcity and surplus populations can lead to disaster, The Coming Age of Scarcity is about evil. It tells of "ethnic cleansing" and excavates the world's expanding killing fields. The writers in this volume are all too aware that the future suggests that present-day population growth, land resources, energy consumption, and per capita consumption cannot be sustained without leading to greater catastrophes. The essays in this volume ask: What is the solution in the face of mass death and genocide? As philosopher John K. Roth says in the Foreword, "The essays can sensitize us against despair and indifference because history shows that human-made mass death and genocide are not inevitable, and no events related to them will ever be."

Author : Alison Alkon,Julie Guthman
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 9780520292130

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The New Food Activism by Alison Alkon,Julie Guthman Pdf

"New and exciting forms of food activism are emerging as supporters of sustainable agriculture increasingly recognize the need for a broader, more strategic and more politicized food politics that engages with questions of social, racial, and economic justice. This book highlights examples of campaigns to restrict industrial agriculture's use of pesticides and other harmful technologies, struggles to improve the pay and conditions of workers throughout the food system, and alternative projects that seek to de-emphasize notions of individualism and private ownership. Grounded in over a decade of scholarly critique of food activism, this volume seeks to answer the question of "what next," inspiring scholars, students, and activists toward collective, cooperative, and oppositional struggles for change."--Provided by publisher.