| Achieving Sustainable Urban Agriculture Contributor(s): Wiskerke, Johannes S. C. (Contribution by), Cohen, Nevin (Contribution by), Young, Laine (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1786763168 ISBN-13: 9781786763167 Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd OUR PRICE: $185.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Sustainable Agriculture - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Animal Husbandry - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Beekeeping |
| LCCN: 2019951735 |
| Series: Burleigh Dodds Agricultural Science |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6" W x 9" (1.58 lbs) 408 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection reviews key recent research on developing urban and peri-urban agriculture. Chapters first discuss ways of building urban agriculture, from planning and business models to building social networks to support local supply chains. Other chapters survey developments in key technologies for urban agriculture, including rooftop systems and vertical farming. The book also assesses challenges and improvements in irrigation, waste management, composting/soil nutrition and pest management. The final group of chapters provides a series of case studies on urban farming of particular commodities, including horticultural produce, livestock and forestry. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wiskerke, Han: - Dr Wiskerke is Professor of Rural Sociology at Wageningen University, The Netherlands. He is Editor of the journal Urban Agriculture and Regional Food Systems, was guest editor of the special issue 'City Region Foodscapes' of the journal Sustainability, has coordinated a series of major EU projects on urban and peri-urban agriculture and food provisioning such as ' 'FOODLINKS', 'PUREFOOD' and 'SUPURBFOOD', and has written widely on this and other aspects of food provisioning and rural development. |