Continuous productive urban landscapes : designing urban agriculture for sustainable cities

Summary

Titles

• Full Title: Continuous productive urban landscapes : designing urban agriculture for sustainable cities/ Andr·Œ Viljoen, Katrin Bohn, Joe Howe.

Notes

• Includes bibliographical reference and index.
• An introductory glossary / Andre Viljoen and Katrin Bohn -- 1. New space for old space : an urban vision / Katrin Bohn and Andre Viljoen -- 2. More space with less space : an urban design strategy / Katrin Bohn and Andre Viljoen -- 3. More food with less space : why bother? / Andre Viljoen, Katrin Bohn and Joe Howe -- 4. Urban agriculture and sustainable urban development / Herbert Giradet -- 5. Food miles / Angela Paxton -- 6. Sandwell : a rich country and food for the poor / Andre Viljoen -- 7. Plan it : an inclusive approach to environmentally sustainable planning / Susannah Hagan -- 8. New cities with more life : benefits and obstacles / Joe Howe, Andre Viljoen and Katrin Bohn -- 9. The economics of urban and peri-urban agriculture / James Petts -- 10. Changing consumer behaviour : the role of farmers' markets / Nina Planck -- 11. The social role of community farms and gardens in the city / Jeremy Iles -- 12. Recycling systems at the urban scale / Margi Lennartsson -- 13. Food in time : the history of English open urban space as a European example / Joe Howe, Katrin Bohn and Andre Viljoen -- 14. Food in space : CPULs amongst contemporary open urban space / Katrin Bohn and Andre Viljoen -- 15. Designs on the plot : the future for allotments in urban landscapes / David Crouch and Richard Wiltshire -- 16. Urban agriculture in Havana : opportunities for the future / Jorge Pena Diaz and Phil Harris -- 17. Cuba : laboratory for urban agriculture / Andre Viljoen and Joe Howe -- 18. Urban and peri-urban agriculture in East and Southern Africa : economic, planning and social dimensions / Beacon Mbiba -- 19. Moulsecoomb : discovering a micro-PUL / Andre Viljoen and Katrin Bohn -- 20. Allotments, plots and crops in Britain / H.F. Cook, H.C. Lee and A. Perez-Vazquez -- 21. Urban food growing : new landscapes, new thinking / Simon Michaels -- 22. Permaculture and productive urban landscapes / Graeme Sherriff -- 23. Utilitarian dreams : examples from other countries / Andre Viljoen -- 24. New space for old cities : vision for landscape / Katrin Bohn and Andre Viljoen -- 25. More city with less space : vision for lifestyle / Katrin Bohn and Andre Viljoen -- 26. More or less : food for thought / Andre Viljoen and Katrin Bohn.

Identifiers

• Isbns: 9780750655439; 0750655437
• Oclc Number: (OCoLC)1113031084

Publication Statement

• Place: Amsterdam
• Publisher: Architectural Press
• Date: 2005

Physical Description

• Extent: xxii, 280 pages :
• Dimensions: 25 cm
• Illustrations: illustrations, maps ;

Table Of Contents

• An introductory glossary /
• Andre Viljoen and Katrin Bohn --
• New space for old space : an urban vision /
• Katrin Bohn and Andre Viljoen --
• More space with less space : an urban design strategy /
• Katrin Bohn and Andre Viljoen --
• More food with less space : why bother? /
• Andre Viljoen, Katrin Bohn and Joe Howe --
• Urban agriculture and sustainable urban development /
• Herbert Giradet --
• Food miles /
• Angela Paxton --
• Sandwell : a rich country and food for the poor /
• Andre Viljoen --
• Plan it : an inclusive approach to environmentally sustainable planning /
• Susannah Hagan --
• New cities with more life : benefits and obstacles /
• Joe Howe, Andre Viljoen and Katrin Bohn --
• The economics of urban and peri-urban agriculture /
• James Petts --
• Changing consumer behaviour : the role of farmers' markets /
• Nina Planck --
• The social role of community farms and gardens in the city /
• Jeremy Iles --
• Recycling systems at the urban scale /
• Margi Lennartsson --
• Food in time : the history of English open urban space as a European example /
• Joe Howe, Katrin Bohn and Andre Viljoen --
• Food in space : CPULs amongst contemporary open urban space /
• Katrin Bohn and Andre Viljoen --
• Designs on the plot : the future for allotments in urban landscapes /
• David Crouch and Richard Wiltshire --
• Urban agriculture in Havana : opportunities for the future /
• Jorge Pena Diaz and Phil Harris --
• Cuba : laboratory for urban agriculture /
• Andre Viljoen and Joe Howe --
• Urban and peri-urban agriculture in East and Southern Africa : economic, planning and social dimensions /
• Beacon Mbiba --
• Moulsecoomb : discovering a micro-PUL /
• Andre Viljoen and Katrin Bohn --
• Allotments, plots and crops in Britain /
• H.F. Cook, H.C. Lee and A. Perez-Vazquez --
• Urban food growing : new landscapes, new thinking /
• Simon Michaels --
• Permaculture and productive urban landscapes /
• Graeme Sherriff --
• Utilitarian dreams : examples from other countries /
• Andre Viljoen --
• New space for old cities : vision for landscape /
• Katrin Bohn and Andre Viljoen --
• More city with less space : vision for lifestyle /
• Katrin Bohn and Andre Viljoen --
• More or less : food for thought /
• Andre Viljoen and Katrin Bohn.

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