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Growing better cities : urban agriculture for sustainable development /
The United Nations predicts that over the next 25 years nearly all population growth will be in the cities of the developing world. At current rates, 60% of the world's total population will live in cities by 2030. As the cities grow, so does the number of urban poor. Unemployment, hunger, and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ottawa :
International Development Research Centre,
©2006.
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| Colección: | In focus (International Development Research Centre (Canada))
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The United Nations predicts that over the next 25 years nearly all population growth will be in the cities of the developing world. At current rates, 60% of the world's total population will live in cities by 2030. As the cities grow, so does the number of urban poor. Unemployment, hunger, and malnutrition are commonplace. In the big city, most of any cash income the poor might bring home goes to feeding themselves and staying alive; any food that does not have to be bought is a bonus. As a result, more and more people are attempting to grow at least some of their own food to supplement poor ... |
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| Notas: | Some online versions lack accompanying media packaged with the printed version. Issued also in French under title: Cultiver de meilleures villes, agriculture urbaine et développement durable. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 97 pages) : color maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781552502426 1552502422 |