Urban Agriculture: Diverse Activities and Benefits for City Society

Urban Agriculture: Diverse Activities and Benefits for City Society
ISBN-10
1136543139
ISBN-13
9781136543135
Series
Urban Agriculture
Category
Science
Pages
130
Language
English
Published
2011-05-17
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Craig Pearson

Description

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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