| Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes Contributor(s): Viljoen, Andre (Editor), Howe, Joe (Editor), Bohn, Katrin (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138135941 ISBN-13: 9781138135949 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $118.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Landscape - Architecture | Urban & Land Use Planning - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development |
| Dewey: 307.12 |
| Physical Information: 320 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book on urban design extends and develops the widely accepted 'compact city' solution. It provides a design proposal for a new kind of sustainable urban landscape: Urban Agriculture. By growing food within an urban rather than exclusively rural environment, urban agriculture would reduce the need for industrialized production, packaging and transportation of foodstuffs to the city dwelling consumers. The revolutionary and innovative concepts put forth in this book have potential to shape the future of our cities quality of life within them. Urban design is shown in practice through international case studies and the arguments presented are supported by quantified economic, environmental and social justifications. |