Urban Agriculture For Improving The Quality Of Life
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Urban Agriculture For Improving The Quality Of Life
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Author : Dona Pickard
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-05-03
Urban Agriculture For Improving The Quality Of Life written by Dona Pickard and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-03 with Social Science categories.
This book presents the findings of a multidisciplinary study on the effects of urban agriculture (UA) on the social, economic and environmental aspects of the quality of life in Sofia - the capital of Bulgaria. The analyses are based on a sociological survey representative of 3 districts of Sofia (among 750 people), in-depth interviews, focus groups, expert statements, ecological monitoring of UA sites, and spatial mapping of natural resources for UA. It also focuses on UA effects on the social well-being of citizens and communities, the correlation between social capital and UA attitudes, the challenges for UA to integrate disadvantaged social groups, the factors for success of small UA businesses, as well as the role of policy and civil society in developing UA. This work is also important for the analysis of the underlying links between all aspects of urban agriculture, many of which are valid beyond the local socio-economic context and environmental specifics of the city of Sofia.
Cities Of Farmers
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Author : Julie C. Dawson
language : en
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Release Date : 2016-11-15
Cities Of Farmers written by Julie C. Dawson and has been published by University of Iowa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-15 with Political Science categories.
Full-scale food production in cities: is it an impossibility? Or is it a panacea for all that ails urban communities? Today, it's a reality, but many people still don't know how much of an impact this emerging food system is having on cities and their residents. This book showcases the work of the farmers, activists, urban planners, and city officials in the United States and Canada who are advancing food production. They have realized that, when it's done right, farming in cities can enhance the local ecology, foster cohesive communities, and improve the quality of life for urban residents. Cities of Farmers enables readers to understand and contribute to their local food system, whether they are raising vegetables in a community garden, setting up a farmers' market, or formulating regulations for farming and composting within city limits.
Agricultura
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Author : Lionella Scazzosi
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-09-02
Agricultura written by Lionella Scazzosi and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-02 with Technology & Engineering categories.
This book explains how cultural heritage can be a tool for enhancing urban agriculture and improving landscape and life quality. It cuts across the existing literature and fills the gaps between urban agriculture, considered as a food, social and environmental opportunity and cultural heritage, considered as resource. It focuses the role of the countryside for urban areas, in the history of the city and today. Its attention is on the quality for all areas, both outstanding, ordinary and degraded, as well as large, little or fragmented (European landscape convention 2000). It considers agricultural landscape as a system of tangible and intangible heritage components and relationships, to be retained, enhanced and transmit, in a process of inevitable but appropriate dynamic conservation and management over time (ICOMOS-IFLA Principles 2017). This book can benefit the collaboration among local players – such as farmers, citizens, associations, public institutions, stakeholders – in conserving and enhancing agrarian heritage and reinforcing the identity of places and people. It can strengthen collective action and generate positive effects on good large and local -scale management. The first part has a methodological character in order to enlighten the integrated approach between cultural heritage and urban agriculture. The second part exemplifies cases where the heritage has been recognised but not yet translated into concrete action. The third Part discloses ongoing process of co-construction, where policies have recognized the cultural, environmental and social meaning of urban agriculture as heritage. This book aims to reach scholars, local administrations, professionals, farmers and citizens. It involves many authors, many of whom are directly engaged with action-research in safeguarding and implementing the mutual interaction between urban agriculture activities and agrarian heritage.
Farm The City
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Author : Michael Ableman
language : en
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Release Date : 2020-04-21
Farm The City written by Michael Ableman and has been published by New Society Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-21 with Business & Economics categories.
“A useful manual for anyone interested in turning the concrete jungle green . . . a must-have for any urban dweller serious about farming.” —Publishers Weekly In Farm the City, Michael Ableman, the “Spartacus of Sustainable Food Activism,” offers a guide to setting up and running a successful urban farm, derived from the success of Sole Food Street Farms, one of the largest urban agriculture enterprises in North America. Sole Food Street Farms spans four acres of land in Vancouver, produces twenty-five tons of food annually, provides meaningful work for dozens of disadvantaged people, and has improved the surrounding community in countless ways. Coverage includes: Selecting land and choosing the right crops Growing food in city farms, including plans for planting and harvesting Fundraising and marketing strategies, philosophies, and vital information for selling fresh products Navigating local government and regulations Engaging the community and building meaningful livelihoods Farm the City is an invaluable tool kit for entrepreneurs and activists looking to create economic and social value through urban agriculture. Urban farming has the power to change diets, economies, and lives. Yet starting an urban farm can seem daunting with skills and knowledge that extend beyond growing to include marketing, sales, employees, community relations, and navigating local regulations. With this comprehensive guide, you’ll be running a successful urban farm in no time. “A story of how to bring cities back to life, literally and emotionally . . . Local food not only addresses quality of life, economy, and food security, it changes our hearts . . . [a] wonderfully written testament to life.” —Paul Hawken, New York Times bestselling author of Drawdown
Urban Agriculture In Public Space
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Author : Beata Sirowy
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
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Urban Agriculture In Public Space written by Beata Sirowy and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Urban Agriculture In Public Space
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Author : Beata Sirowy
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2024-01-25
Urban Agriculture In Public Space written by Beata Sirowy and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-25 with Social Science categories.
This open access book discusses urban agriculture initiatives integrated in public space of dense inner-city neighbourhoods, thereby ensuring its accessibility for large and diverse segments of urban populations. It specifically focuses on the potential impacts of urban agriculture on human well-being (both on individual and community levels), and how planning, design, policy and management practices can maximize these impacts. The book addresses urban agriculture on both a micro and macro scale to facilitate a transition to more sustainable lifestyles and enhance the quality of urban life. It also discusses ways to permanently integrate urban agriculture in existing and planned public spaces in a visually attractive, socially inclusive, and democratic manner to claim and reclaim the right to the city. Based on the research outcomes of the project “Cultivating Public Space: urban agriculture as a basis for human flourishing and sustainability transition in Norwegian cities” funded by the Research Council of Norway, the book emerges from a Norwegian context, but extends to include international urban agriculture cases from the Netherlands, Denmark, the UK and more. By including a diversity of voices and cultural perspectives, the editors aimed to make this book engaging and relevant to an international audience of researchers, policy makers, urban designers, planners, educators, community activists, residents, and public space users of the sustainable, compact city of today and the future.
Urban Agriculture As An Agent For Social Change In London Ontario
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Author : Kassandra Rose Miedema
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Urban Agriculture As An Agent For Social Change In London Ontario written by Kassandra Rose Miedema and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
London, Ontario was once closely tied to its local food production and distribution. Since 1835, this close connection with food was facilitated by places like the Covent Garden Market. London and many other cities were affected by technological advancements primarily in transportation that created the rift between producer and consumer in its food network, causing the processes and systems of food to become invisible. The goal of the thesis is to offer the residents of the Hamilton Road neighbourhood in London, Ontario an affordable alternative to their commercial food system. Urban agriculture is also the lens through which broader themes such as inter-disciplinary urban design, biophilia, social equality, and socio-environmentalism are analyzed. The exploratory research and analysis evaluates the food system currently in place in London, and more specifically the Hamilton Road neighbourhood. The thesis outlines the advantages of the inherent strengths and proposes interventions to address the weaknesses of London's food system. The final design proposes to use an integrated systems approach at a city-wide and then a neighbourhood scale to re-imagine the food system as a part of a larger urban network. A strategy for the implementation of urban agriculture in an existing urban setting at the scale of the neighbourhood is the proposal of this thesis. Hamilton Road is the chosen neighbourhood for implementation because it displays the ideal social conditions for promoting the uptake of an urban agricultural movement. By creating healthy, socially inclusive public spaces and private spaces that reconnect people to nature-to heal the gap between producer and consumer within the food network-the project seeks to improve the quality of life by improving food consciousness in London, Ontario.
Urban Agriculture As A Tool For Community Development
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Author : Bonnie Pell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Urban Agriculture As A Tool For Community Development written by Bonnie Pell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with categories.
understanding of landscape architecture as a practical tool for creating productive landscapes in urban settings, as well as a community-building tool that could improve the quality of life in Haiti.
Urban Agriculture Cities And Climate Change
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Author : Remi Adeyemo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Urban Agriculture Cities And Climate Change written by Remi Adeyemo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Climatic changes categories.
Urban Agriculture
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Author : Drago Cvijanovic
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018
Urban Agriculture written by Drago Cvijanovic and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with categories.
As a result of rapid urbanisation and the formulation of the “Smart Cities” concept, and of trends in sustainability and renewability, growing cities have begun to introduce basic measures for the return food production closer to them. There has always been a very particular connection between food growing and technology. Traditional thinking maintains that technology and urban life stand in opposition to the peaceful and quiet life on the farm. Food is produced and distributed globally nowadays. This makes the chain of distribution significantly more complex, and great stress is laid on food safety. Contemporary consumers are more and more interested in the origin and production technology of the food they eat. The provision of organic food, locally produced food, food “picked that day” are only some of the trends that have been on the increase. Vertical food growing requiring the intensive use of energy is still in its infancy. There are, however, many initiatives which are leading to rapid advances. Vertical farming in open or enclosed spaces has, therefore, the potential to respond to the demographic challenges faced by Smart Cities. Rapid urbanization will make urban agriculture more significant. Periurban, or suburban agriculture, is a part of urban culture. It can greatly contribute to the food supply of the entire city. This raises the question of the designation of the peri-urban zone and of its capacity to feed big cities. This paper is an attempt at describing the elements of a new agrarian politics that could help tackle the problems of resource allocation and, at the same time, provide citizens with a better quality of life.
