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    Second nature urban agriculture : designing productive cities (2014)
    London [u.a.] : Routledge
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    ISBN: 9780415540575
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XI, 300 S.)
    Edition: Online-Ausg.
    Parallel Title: Print version Second Nature Urban Agriculture
    DDC: 635.09173/2
    RVK:
    LB 73000
    RVK:
    MS 1810
    RVK:
    ZH 9660
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: 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
    Description / Table of Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; CPUL City Theory; An introduction; Urban Agriculture on the Map; Growth and challenges since 2005; The CPUL City concept; The new urban foodscape; Urban Agriculture as ordinary urban practice; Ultilitarian Dreams; Food growing in urban landscapes; Productive life in the city; The city in the fabric of eco-social interdependence; Sueños Utilitarios; Environmental Impact and Urban Agriculture; Diversity; Water, soil and air; Economies of scale; Bricks and nectar; Green Theory in Practice and Urban Design
    Description / Table of Contents: GermanyThe United Kingdom; Agential exchanges; Shrinking cities and productive urban landscapes; Laboratories for Urban Agriculure: The USA; New York City; Detroit; Policies to support Urban Agriculture; Community gardening in Berlin and New York; CPUL City Actions; An introduction; Action IUC: The Inventory of Urban Capacity; Laboratory for Urban Agriculture; The Urban Agriculture Curtain; London Thames Gateway; Recording the unrecorded; Action U+D: Bottom-Up and Top-Down; The Urban Farming Project; Spiel/Feld Marzahn; And every city deserves a Sweet Water and a Growing Power!; Urbaniahoeve
    Description / Table of Contents: Action VIS: Visualising ConsequencesUrban Nature Shoreditch; The Continuous Picnic; Urbane Agrikultur in Köln-Ehrenfeld; Initials CPUL; Action R: Researching for Change; Unlocking Spaces; The Edible Campus; Growing Balconies; The devil is in the detail; Alternative food networks as drivers of a food transition; The moment before action; CPUL Repository; An introduction; What Has Happened Since CPUL 2005?; Ken Elkes; Graeme Sherriff; Richard Wiltshire; David Crouch; Jorge Peña Diaz; The CPUL Repository of references; Notes on contributors; Image credits; Index; Acknowledgements
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  • 2
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    Religion, Technology, and the Great and Little Divergences : China and Europe Compared, C. 700-1800 (2014)
    Leiden : BRILL
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    ISBN: 9789004236950
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (290 pages)
    Edition: 1st ed.
    Series Statement: Knowledge Infrastructure and Knowledge Economy Ser
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Davids, Carolus A., 1952 - Religion, technology, and the great and little divergences
    DDC: 303.4830951
    RVK:
    ZG 8640
    Keywords: Cross-cultural studies ; China ; Cross-cultural studies ; Europe ; Technological innovations ; China ; History ; Technological innovations ; Europe ; History ; Technology ; Religious aspects ; China ; History ; Technology ; Religious aspects ; Europe ; History ; Technology ; Social aspects ; China ; History ; Electronic books ; Technological innovations ; Europe ; History ; Technological innovations ; China ; History ; Technology ; Religious aspects ; Technology ; Social aspects ; Europe ; History ; Technology ; Social aspects ; China ; History ; Cross-cultural studies ; Europe ; Cross-cultural studies ; China ; China ; Europa ; Religion ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Geschichte 700-1800
    Abstract: In Religion, Technology, and the Great and Little Divergences Karel Davids analyses the influence of religious contexts on technological change in China and Europe between c.700 and 1800.
    Abstract: Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Great Divergence -- Technological Change in China and Europe between c. 700 and 1800 -- Religion, the Economy and Technology Before 1800: Different Views -- Weberian Themes and the Little Divergence -- Latin Christendom and China -- Evaluation -- A Long-Term Comparative Approach -- Aims, Concepts and Approach -- Plan and Argument of This Book -- 1 Religion and Visions on the Uses of Nature in China and Europe -- Visions of Nature and the Great Divergence -- Visions in Latin Christendom -- Visions before Latin Christendom -- Visions in China -- Visions of Nature and the Little Divergence -- Conclusion -- 2 Religion and Human Capital Formation in China and Europe -- Variations in Human Capital Formation -- Religious Institutions and Formal Learning -- From Divergence to Convergence and Back Again -- Variations in Vocational and Technical Education -- Religious Institutions and Informal Learning -- Conclusion -- 3 Religion and the Circulation of Technical Knowledge in China and Europe -- Religion and the Circulation of Technical Knowledge Before 1500 -- Patterns of Circulation -- Religious Travelling -- Comparisons -- Religion and the Circulation of Technical Knowledge After 1500 -- Texts, Images and Artefacts -- Movements of People -- Collection, Storage and Accessibility of Information -- Conclusion -- 4 Religion and Technical Innovation in China and Europe -- Religion, Technical Innovation and the Great Divergence -- Religious Institutions as Innovators -- Religious and Secular Settings of Innovation -- Incentives for Innovation -- Comparing Creativity in China and Europe -- Religion, Technical Innovation and the Little Divergence -- Common Trajectories -- Divergences in Creativity in Europe -- Technological Creativity and Religious Contexts -- Conclusion -- Conclusion.
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