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Urban agriculture is the growing of plants and the raising of animals for food and other uses, and related processing and marketing activities, within and around cities and towns. In the past few years, it has received increasing attention from development organizations and national and local author...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: RUAF Foundation, International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Otros Autores: Veenhuizen, René van
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Silang, Philippines : Ottawa : RUAF Foundation : International Institute of Rural Reconstruction ; International Development Research Centre, ©2006.
Temas:
Urban agriculture.
Food supply.
Land use, Urban.
Sustainable agriculture.
Agriculture urbaine.
Utilisation urbaine du sol.
Agriculture durable.
urban land use.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > Crop Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > General.
Städtische Landwirtschaft
Stadt
Garten
Urban agriculture
Urban land use -- > Agricultural activities
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1 Introduction, Cities Farming for the Future
  • 2 Sustaining Urban Agriculture Requires the Involvement of Multiple Stakeholders
  • 3 Integration of Agriculture in Urban Land Use Planning and Adaptation of City Regulations
  • 4 Financing and Investment for Urban Agriculture
  • 5 Gendering the Urban Agriculture Agenda
  • 6 Urban Agriculture and the Building of Communities
  • 7 Local Economic Development and Marketing of Urban Produced Food
  • 8 Recycling of Urban Organic Waste for Urban Agriculture
  • 9 Wastewater Use for Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture10 Participatory Technology Development for Urban Agriculture: collaboration and adaptation along the urban-rural transect
  • 11 Urban Horticulture
  • 12 Livestock Keeping in Urbanised Areas, does history repeat itself?
  • 13 Urban Aquatic Production
  • 14 Urban Forestry for Multifunctional Urban Land Use
  • List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
  • The Authors
  • The Cases
  • RUAF Partners List
  • General Resources

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