Achieving sustainable urban agriculture / edited by Johannes S.C. Wiskerke.
This collection reviews key recent research on developing urban and per-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 f...
Uniform Title: | Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science ;
77. |
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Language: | English |
Published: |
Cambridge :
Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing,
2020.
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Series: | Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science ;
77. |
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Physical Description: | xxxi, 375 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm. |
Format: | Book |
Summary: |
This collection reviews key recent research on developing urban and per-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. |
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Call Number: | S494.5.U72 A345 2020 |
ISBN: | 9781786763167 1786763168 |