Agropolis

The Social, Political and Environmental Dimensions of Urban Agriculture
Herausgeber: Mougeot, Luc J A

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Urban agriculture is an increasingly popular practice in cities worldwide. A sustainable future for it is critical, especially for the urban poor of the developing world. This book presents the first findings of original field research projects funded by IDRC's AGROPOLIS International Graduate Research Awards on Urban Agriculture. Countries studied include Argentina, Botswana, C te d'Ivoire, Cuba, France, Togo, Tunisia, the UK and Zimbabwe.Together, these studies examine concrete strategies to better integrate 'city farming' into the urban landscape.

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First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 477g
• ISBN-13: 9781844072323
• ISBN-10: 1844072320
• Artikelnr.: 21938415

Autorenporträt

Luc J A Mougeot is Senior Program Specialist at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), where he initiated the Cities Feeding People initiative in 1997.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction * Survival of the Poorest: Migration and Food Security in
Namibia * The Pest-control System in the Market Gardens of Lom , Togo *
Determinants of Urban Livestock Adoption in the 'Zone Dense' of Khorogo, C
te d'Ivoire: A Tobit Approach * Exploring the Gender Dimensions of Urban
Open-space Cultivation in Harare, Zimbabwe * Gender, Commercial Urban
Agriculture and Urban Food Supply in Greater Gaborone, Botswana * Moving
between the Plan and the Ground: Shifting Perspectives on Urban Agriculture
in Havana, Cuba * Urban Agriculture and Local Sustainable Development in
Rosario, Argentina: Integration of Economic, Social, Technical and
Environmental Variables * Agri-urban Development from a Land-use Planning
Perspective: The Saclay Plateau (France) and the Sijoumi Plain (Tunisia) *
Assessing Benefits from Allotments as a Component of Urban Agriculture in
England * Neglected Issues on Form and Substance of Research on Urban
Agriculture *