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A city of farmers : informal urban agriculture in the open spaces of Nairobi, Kenya /
In an insightful new study, Donald Freeman examines the development and significance of urban agriculture in Nairobi, Kenya, overturning a number of common assumptions about the inhabitants and economy of African cities. He addresses the ways in which urban agriculture fits into a broader picture of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal, Que. :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
1991.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Illustrations
- PART ONE: THE CONTEXT OF URBAN AGRICULTURE
- 1 The Lure of the City
- 2 Promises Unfulfilled: Life in the Urban Informal Sector
- 3 Open Spaces and Colonial Views: The Early Years in Nairobi
- 4 Open Space in the City Beautiful: Nairobi as a Modern, Planned Capital
- PART TWO: KENYA'S URBAN FARMERS AND THEIR GARDENS
- 5 Urban Food Production and Consumption in Six Kenyan Municipalities
- 6 City Dwellers with Farming Backgrounds: Nairobi's Urban Cultivators
- 7 Inner City Farmers and Suburban Cultivators: A Comparison
- 8 Urban Farmland: Questions of Ownership
- 9 The Role of Women Cultivators
- 10 Maize, Beans, and What Else? Cultivation Practices of Nairobi's Urban Farmers
- 11 Harsh Realities: Impediments and Problems of Urban Agriculture
- PART THREE: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF URBAN AGRICULTURE
- 12 The Importance of Open-Space Farming to Urban Families
- 13 The Importance of Urban Agriculture to the Community and the Nation
- Appendix I: The 1987 York-Kenyatta University Survey of Cultivation in the Open Spaces of Nairobi
- Appendix 2: Statistical Tables
- Glossary of Kiswahili Terms