Public produce : the new urban agriculture / / Darrin Nordahl

• Autore: Nordahl Darrin
• Pubblicazione: Washington, : Island Press, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (190 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.1/91732
• Soggetto topico: Urban agriculture - United States; Food supply - United States
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Serendipity -- Chapter One: Food Security -- Chapter Two: Public Space, Public Officials, Public Policy -- Chapter Three: To Glean and Forage in the City -- Chapter Four: Maintenance and Aesthetics -- Chapter Five: Food Literacy -- Conclusion: Community Health and Prosperity -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Public Produce makes a uniquely contemporary case not for central government intervention, but for local government involvement. In what Darrin Nordahl calls "municipal agriculture," elected officials, municipal planners, local policymakers and public space designers are turning to the abundance of land under public control (parks, plazas, streets, city squares, parking lots, as well as the grounds around libraries, schools, government offices, and even jails) to grow food. Public agencies at one time were at best indifferent, or at worst dismissive, of food production in the city. Today, public officials recognize that food insecurity is affecting everyone, not just the inner-city poor, and that policies seeking to restructure the production and distribution of food to the tens of millions of people living in cities have immediate benefits to community-wide health and prosperity.
• Titolo autorizzato: Public produce
• ISBN: 1-61091-143-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810658103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II