Description
Urban and Regional Agriculture: Building Resilient Food Systems explores the sustainable integration of food provision, distribution and consumption through urban farms, agricultural systems, user communities and structural facilities designed to optimize food production and consumption. The book addresses the fundamental and pressing challenges of urban planning problems, waste minimization, food sourcing, access and equity issues, and multiple land use optimization. Sections cover the need and opportunities of urban agriculture, discuss tradition and transition, space and regulatory topics, explore the range of urban agriculture options (aquaculture to urban permaculture), discuss support structures and constructs of physically creating urban agricultural areas, and much more.Edited and authored by leading experts in the field, this volume will be valuable for those working to address issues of food security in urban environments.- Integrates agriculture and urban settings to improve food security- Examines relevant considerations, from development to the regulation of food system architectures- Provides regionally specific considerations to guide effective and efficient implementation
Table of Contents
I 1. Farming for a stable climate Peter DroegePARADIGMS AND POLICIES 2. Community-based urban agriculture for food justice: a reviewMarie Asma Ben-Othmen, Vivianne Cardoze, Julia Hani and Loïc Sauvee3. The Role of Food Policy Councils in Supporting 3. The role of food policy councils in supporting urban agriculture: A scoping review Rebecca Schiff and Ashley Wilkinson 4. A city for all who eat: foodscape values for liveable citiesAlana Mann 5. Urbanerural food system convergence as a vector for sustainable transformationAlison Blay-Palmer, Rene van Veenhuizen, Guido Santini, Dinah Hoffmann, Patrick Wodni, Philipp Stierand and Lori Stahlbrand6. Cuba's Agroecological Revolution: Implication for Widespread Adoption Cooper OldsCITIES AND PLANNING 7. From the Reformation to Garden Citiesea Danish perspective on the development of urban agriculture in EuropeSa8. Nexus of urban gardening and social sustainability in European postsocialist citiesPaul Rye Kledal 9. Access to and control over resources in urban agriculture in Tamale, GhanaEileen Nchanji, Lutomia Cosmas and Yvonne Nchanji10. Intensive, informal, individual: Ankara urban farmsKumru Arapgirlioglu11. The contribution of sustainable food system policies and initiatives for the Milan Metropolitan Area resilienceAngela Colucci and Lorenza Maria Sganzetta12. Amplifying sustainable commercial urban agriculture in Sweden through the Stadsbruk methodRebecca Laycock Pedersen, Giles Thomson, Lena Friblick, Cyrille Gaubert and Saba Nazarin13. Circular metropolis and local food strategy: instrument of urban sustainability transition? Case studies Bristol and VancouverJörg Knieling and André Stein-SchomburgDESIGNING URBAN AND REGIONAL AGRICULTURE14. Grown in the City: A design typologies for productive landscapes Jessica Ann Diehl 15. Urban integration of aquaponics: advancing integrated food systems for the circular cityGundula Proksch, Erin Horn and George Lee16. Translating unique agricultural precedents into public urban agriculture design Joshua Zeunert and Tanya Court 17. The ReciproCity: nature-driven urbanism in Western SydneyRob Roggema, Nico Tillie and Greg KeeffeSTATE OF SYSTEMS 18. Commercial rooftop greenhouses: technical requirements, operational strategies, economic considerations, and future opportunitiesGundula Proksch and Alex Ianchenko19. Indoor farms for tomorrow's cities: improving environmental and economic performanceJulia Kurnik20. Peruvian Hydroponics: low-cost options to produce vegetables for South American cities Rodriguez-Delfin Alfredo21. Living Architecture: Metabolic applications for next-generation, selectively programmable bioreactorsMolly Hogle, Barbara Imhof, Waltraut Hoheneder, Rachel Armstrong, Ioannis Ieropoulos, Lauren Wallis, Jiseon You and Juan Nogales
