Breaking through concrete [[electronic resource] ] : building an urban farm revival / / David Hanson and Edwin Marty ; photographs by Michael Hanson ; foreword by Mark Winne |
Autore | Hanson David <1978-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (201 p.) |
Disciplina | 630.91732 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MartyEdwin <1972->
HansonMichael <1981-> |
Soggetto topico |
Urban agriculture - United States
Community gardens - United States |
Soggetto non controllato |
agricultural renaissance
american agriculture american farming becoming a gardener city farmers city grown food city life community gardening crowded cities farm life farming and gardening food and environment food and sustainability food lovers food future of food gardening books gardening diy gardening in city gardens green thumb homesteading living green sustainability sustainable agriculture sustainable gardening urban agriculture urban farming urban gardening urban planting |
ISBN |
1-280-09584-9
9786613520487 0-520-94971-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- P-Patch Community Garden Program SEATTLE, WASHINGTON • The Neighborhood Garden -- HOW TO: Change Your City's Urban Agriculture Zoning Codes -- Homeless Garden Project SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA • The Farm as Therapy -- HOW TO: Grow Good, Safe Food -- Fairview Gardens and the Center for Urban Agriculture SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA • The Historic Farm -- HOW TO: Plant Perennial Fruit Trees in the City -- Denver Urban Gardens DENVER, COLORADO • The Garden as Community -- HOW TO: Turn Your Waste into Black Gold -- Juniper Gardens and Cultivate Kansas City KANSAS CITY, KANSAS AND MISSOURI • The Farm for Profit -- HOW TO: Access Start-Up Capital for Urban Food Projects -- Versailles Community NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA • Backyards of Bounty -- HOW TO: Develop a Congregational Urban Farm -- Jones Valley Urban Farm BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA • The Education and Production Farm -- HOW TO: Engage the Community with Education Programs -- Greensgrow Farms and the Philadelphia Project PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA • The Nonprofit, For-Profit Farm -- HOW TO: Rehabilitate Contaminated Soils -- Eagle Street Rooftop Farm BROOKLYN, NEW YORK • The Rooftop Farm -- HOW TO: Convert Rooftops to Residential Gardens and Urban Farms -- Catherine Ferguson Academy DETROIT, MICHIGAN • The Alternative Curriculum Farm -- HOW TO: Raise Urban Livestock -- Wood Street Urban Farm and Growing Home CHICAGO, ILLINOIS • The Job Training Farm -- HOW TO: Extend the Growing Season with Hoop Houses and Greenhouses -- Sandhill Organics and Prairie Crossing GRAYSLAKE, ILLINOIS • The Peri-urban Farm -- HOW TO: Start an Urban Farm -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Recommended Reading |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789978003321 |
Hanson David <1978-> | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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California in the 1930s [[electronic resource] ] : the WPA guide to the Golden State / / Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration ; introduction by David Kipen |
Autore | Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (828 p.) |
Disciplina |
940.53/794
940.53/794/091732 |
Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - California - History - 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 - California HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) |
Soggetto non controllato |
americana
anecdotal anonymous literature california authors california writers city life contradictions crowded cities culture depression era engaging generational government and governing harry partch history of western us history hobo kenneth patchen kenneth rexroth poetry poets politics roadside attractions san francisco sociology of urban areas the golden state tillie olsen urban soiology us history wpa |
ISBN | 0-520-95464-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. I. California : from past to present -- pt. II. Signposts to city scenes -- pt. III. Up and down the state -- pt. IV. Appendices. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786121303321 |
Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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California in the 1930s [[electronic resource] ] : the WPA guide to the Golden State / / Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration ; introduction by David Kipen |
Autore | Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (828 p.) |
Disciplina |
940.53/794
940.53/794/091732 |
Soggetto topico |
Cities and towns - California - History - 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 - California HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) |
Soggetto non controllato |
americana
anecdotal anonymous literature california authors california writers city life contradictions crowded cities culture depression era engaging generational government and governing harry partch history of western us history hobo kenneth patchen kenneth rexroth poetry poets politics roadside attractions san francisco sociology of urban areas the golden state tillie olsen urban soiology us history wpa |
ISBN | 0-520-95464-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. I. California : from past to present -- pt. II. Signposts to city scenes -- pt. III. Up and down the state -- pt. IV. Appendices. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817684203321 |
Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Concrete jungle : New York City and our last best hope for a sustainable future / / Niles Eldredge and Sidney Horenstein |
Autore | Eldredge Niles |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.7609747 |
Soggetto topico |
Urban ecology (Sociology) - New York (State) - New York
Urban geography - New York (State) - New York Environmental degradation - New York (State) - New York Biodiversity - New York (State) - New York |
Soggetto non controllato |
american cities
biodiversity central park cities and natural environment city life collect pond concentrated humans contradictions crowded cities early railways ecosystems environmental studies environments future of global biodiversity geological history glacial features human existence manhattan island manhattan square microcosm nature new york city new york political politics railroads realistic solving environmental problems subway system survival urban areas urban studies urbanization |
ISBN | 0-520-95830-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface: The Yin and Yang of Cities -- 1. Regarding Broadway: The Urban Saga and the New York Microcosm -- 2. Forest Primeval -- 3. Landscape Transformed -- 4. Growth of the Concrete Jungle -- 5. Fouling, and Cleaning, the Nest -- 6. Invasion and Survival -- 7. Resilience, Restoration, and Redemption -- 8. Cities, Globalization, and the Future of Biodiversity -- Notes, References, and Suggestions for Further Reading -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786895103321 |
Eldredge Niles | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Concrete jungle : New York City and our last best hope for a sustainable future / / Niles Eldredge and Sidney Horenstein |
Autore | Eldredge Niles |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.7609747 |
Soggetto topico |
Urban ecology (Sociology) - New York (State) - New York
Urban geography - New York (State) - New York Environmental degradation - New York (State) - New York Biodiversity - New York (State) - New York |
Soggetto non controllato |
american cities
biodiversity central park cities and natural environment city life collect pond concentrated humans contradictions crowded cities early railways ecosystems environmental studies environments future of global biodiversity geological history glacial features human existence manhattan island manhattan square microcosm nature new york city new york political politics railroads realistic solving environmental problems subway system survival urban areas urban studies urbanization |
ISBN | 0-520-95830-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface: The Yin and Yang of Cities -- 1. Regarding Broadway: The Urban Saga and the New York Microcosm -- 2. Forest Primeval -- 3. Landscape Transformed -- 4. Growth of the Concrete Jungle -- 5. Fouling, and Cleaning, the Nest -- 6. Invasion and Survival -- 7. Resilience, Restoration, and Redemption -- 8. Cities, Globalization, and the Future of Biodiversity -- Notes, References, and Suggestions for Further Reading -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814182303321 |
Eldredge Niles | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Houston bound : culture and color in a Jim Crow city / / Tyina L. Steptoe |
Autore | Steptoe Tyina L. <1975-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (341 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.8009764/2350904 |
Collana | American Crossroads |
Soggetto topico |
Minorities - Texas - Houston - Social conditions - 20th century
Music - Social aspects - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century american culture
20th century american history african americans american studies blackness and whiteness blues city life civic creole americans crowded cities cultural history democracy first world war great migration history houston immigration jazz jim crow laws jim crow mexican americans migrants migration history migration music race as a social construct racial categories racism and prejudice racism in america social history united states of america urban areas |
ISBN | 0-520-95853-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: When Worlds Collide -- Part one -- Part two -- Part three -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797784903321 |
Steptoe Tyina L. <1975-> | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Houston bound : culture and color in a Jim Crow city / / Tyina L. Steptoe |
Autore | Steptoe Tyina L. <1975-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (341 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.8009764/2350904 |
Collana | American Crossroads |
Soggetto topico |
Minorities - Texas - Houston - Social conditions - 20th century
Music - Social aspects - Texas - Houston - History - 20th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
20th century american culture
20th century american history african americans american studies blackness and whiteness blues city life civic creole americans crowded cities cultural history democracy first world war great migration history houston immigration jazz jim crow laws jim crow mexican americans migrants migration history migration music race as a social construct racial categories racism and prejudice racism in america social history united states of america urban areas |
ISBN | 0-520-95853-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: When Worlds Collide -- Part one -- Part two -- Part three -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807344003321 |
Steptoe Tyina L. <1975-> | ||
Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Metropolitan migrants [[electronic resource] ] : the migration of urban Mexicans to the United States / / Ruben Hernandez-Leon |
Autore | Hernandez-Leon Ruben |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
Disciplina | 973.00468/72 |
Soggetto topico |
Mexicans - United States
Structural adjustment (Economic policy) - Mexico - Monterrey Mexicans - Texas - Houston |
Soggetto non controllato |
american immigration
border crossing city life crowded cities economics houston immigration and emigration industrial modernization industrialization international migration mexican immigrants mexican migrants mexico migration industry migration monterrey oil industry political economy skilled urban workers social community social networks social organization sociology texas united states of america urban industrial development working class |
ISBN |
1-282-36073-6
9786612360732 0-520-94246-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Maps of Monterrey and Houston -- Chapter 1. The Migration of Urban Mexicans to the United States -- Chapter 2. Urban-Industrial Development in Mexico, 1940-2005 -- Chapter 3. Restructuring and International Migration in a Mexican Urban Neighborhood -- Chapter 4. The Monterrey-Houston Connection -- Chapter 5. The Migration Industry in the Monterrey-Houston Connection -- Chapter 6. Metropolitan Migrants -- Methodological Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780639003321 |
Hernandez-Leon Ruben | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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My Los Angeles : from urban restructuring to regional urbanization / / Edward W. Soja |
Autore | Soja Edward W |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.1/2160979494 |
Soggetto topico |
City planning - California - Los Angeles
Sociology, Urban - California - Los Angeles Regional planning - California - Los Angeles |
Soggetto non controllato |
american history
american metropolis california californian history capital and labor city life city regions crowded cities deindustrialization globalization heterogeneous history of los angeles history los angeles school of urban studies los angeles metropolis era new economy new regionalism politics regional studies regional urbanization reindustrialization spatial turn united states of america urban development urban restructuring urban studies urban urbanization of suburbia urbanization |
ISBN | 0-520-95763-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. When It First Came Together in Los Angeles -- 2. Taking Los Angeles Apart -- 3. Inside Exopolis: Views of Orange County -- 4. Comparing Los Angeles -- 5. On the Postmetropolitan Transition -- 6. A Look Beyond Los Angeles -- 7. Regional Urbanization and the End of the Metropolis Era -- 8. Seeking Spatial Justice in Los Angeles -- 9. Occupy Los Angeles: A Very Contemporary Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Source Texts by the Author -- Appendix 2: Complementary Video Sources -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787604003321 |
Soja Edward W | ||
Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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My Los Angeles : from urban restructuring to regional urbanization / / Edward W. Soja |
Autore | Soja Edward W |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
Disciplina | 307.1/2160979494 |
Soggetto topico |
City planning - California - Los Angeles
Sociology, Urban - California - Los Angeles Regional planning - California - Los Angeles |
Soggetto non controllato |
american history
american metropolis california californian history capital and labor city life city regions crowded cities deindustrialization globalization heterogeneous history of los angeles history los angeles school of urban studies los angeles metropolis era new economy new regionalism politics regional studies regional urbanization reindustrialization spatial turn united states of america urban development urban restructuring urban studies urban urbanization of suburbia urbanization |
ISBN | 0-520-95763-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. When It First Came Together in Los Angeles -- 2. Taking Los Angeles Apart -- 3. Inside Exopolis: Views of Orange County -- 4. Comparing Los Angeles -- 5. On the Postmetropolitan Transition -- 6. A Look Beyond Los Angeles -- 7. Regional Urbanization and the End of the Metropolis Era -- 8. Seeking Spatial Justice in Los Angeles -- 9. Occupy Los Angeles: A Very Contemporary Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Source Texts by the Author -- Appendix 2: Complementary Video Sources -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821963103321 |
Soja Edward W | ||
Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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