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Breaking through concrete [[electronic resource] ] : building an urban farm revival / / David Hanson and Edwin Marty ; photographs by Michael Hanson ; foreword by Mark Winne
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
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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
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
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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
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
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Concrete jungle : New York City and our last best hope for a sustainable future / / Niles Eldredge and Sidney Horenstein
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
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Concrete jungle : New York City and our last best hope for a sustainable future / / Niles Eldredge and Sidney Horenstein
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
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Houston bound : culture and color in a Jim Crow city / / Tyina L. Steptoe
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
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Houston bound : culture and color in a Jim Crow city / / Tyina L. Steptoe
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
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Metropolitan migrants [[electronic resource] ] : the migration of urban Mexicans to the United States / / Ruben Hernandez-Leon
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
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My Los Angeles : from urban restructuring to regional urbanization / / Edward W. Soja
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
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My Los Angeles : from urban restructuring to regional urbanization / / Edward W. Soja
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
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