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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452373403321

Autore

Philips April

Titolo

Designing urban agriculture [[electronic resource] ] : a complete guide to the planning, design, construction, maintenance, and management of edible landscapes / / April Philips

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2013

ISBN

1-299-40236-4

1-118-33307-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Classificazione

ARC008000

Disciplina

630.9173/2

Soggetti

Urban agriculture

Edible landscaping

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Food Cities: Ecology + Urban Agriculture (ecology) Chapter 2: Planning Strategies for Urban Food Systems (planning) Chapter 3: Vision, Synthesis and Form (designing) Chapter 4: Systems Integration and Connections (constructing) Chapter 5: Lifecycle Operations (managing) Chapter 6: Outreach and Community (marketing) Bibliography Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"This full-color guide offers a complete overview of edible landscapes from the planning, designing, and funding to the management and maintenance of these communal spaces and ecodestinations. Featuring case studies of innovative projects, it offers complete coverage of a dozen typologies including community gardens, CSA farms, edible estates, edible roof gardens, guerilla gardens, vertical wall gardens, and farm-to-table gardens, among others"--