Urban and Regional Agriculture: Building Resilient Food Systems explores the sustainable integration of food provision, distribution and consumption through urban farms, agricultural systems, user communities and structural facilities designed to optimize food production and consumption. The book addresses the fundamental and pressing challenges of urban planning problems, waste minimization, food sourcing, access and equity issues, and multiple land use optimization. Sections cover the need and opportunities of urban agriculture, discuss tradition and transition, space and regulatory topics, explore the range of urban agriculture options (aquaculture to urban permaculture), discuss support structures and constructs of physically creating urban agricultural areas, and much more. Edited and authored by leading experts in the field, this volume will be valuable for those working to address issues of food security in urban environments. Integrates agriculture and urban settings to improve food security Examines relevant considerations, from development to the regulation of food system architectures Provides regionally specific considerations to guide effective and efficient implementation INDICE: INTRODUCTION1. Preface: premise and overview2. Food resource cycles as new urban infrastructure3. Global agriculture in crisis - food system in crisis - cities in crisis4. Integrating agriculture and urban systems: growing food in and around cities5. Social, economic and environmental benefits: air, water, energy, climate, local prosperityPart 1: Context and setting, and a summary6. Global food supply chains versus local and regional systems7. Food landscapes and water conservation 8. Local food control and social equity9. The energy of food: renewable heat and power for sustenance10. Climate change responses and urban resilience11. Regenerating cities for foodPart 2: Cities and agriculture12. History, present and outlook13. From farm to city: cities built on farm plots (Japan, Germany, China, Africa)14. Agricultural cities: traditions and trends15. Urban space types: from leftover spaces to zoning for food16. Transition towns and farming transformations17. Farming the conurbation: peri-urban approaches18. Central urban systems: food spaces and webs19. Digestible city- and landscapes in regulatory frameworksPart 3: State of growing systems20. Urban permaculture21. Organic farming22. Hydroponics23. Aquaponics24. Aquaculture25. Hybrid and symbiotic approaches26. Urban agricultural risk management: soil health, air purity, waterPart 4: Architecture of food: support structures and constructs27. Buildings and agriculture28. Architecture and structures29. Horizontal systems30. Vertical farming31. Rooftop systems32. Façade systemsPart 5: Regulatory frameworks and incentives33. National, georegional and global frameworks34. Urban agriculture law and legislation35. Zoning approaches to food production36. Capacity incentivized planningPart 6: Markets and distribution37. New markets and edible currency38. Urban agriculture markets39. Community production networks40. Ownership and communal consumption41. Cloud farming: operating open systems42. Big data analytics for food empowermentPart 7: Global differences and potentials43. Characterizing and interpreting cases from different continents44. China: Shanghai45. Europe: Berlin46. Southamerica: Buenos Aires47. North America: Portland48. Southeast Asia: Hanoi49. Australia: Perth50. Africa: NairobiReferences and resources; directory
- ISBN: 978-0-12-820286-9
- Editorial: Academic Press
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 677
- Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2022
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
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