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
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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