Cities and Agriculture: Developing Resilient Urban Food Systems

ISBN-13: 9781138860599 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 432 str.

Opis

As people increasingly migrate to urban settings and more than half of the world's population now lives in cities, it is vital to plan and provide for sustainable and resilient food systems which reflect this challenge. This volume presents experience and evidence-based "state of the art" chapters on the key dimensions of urban food challenges and types of intra- and peri-urban agriculture. The book provides urban planners, local policy makers and urban development practitioners with an overview of crucial aspects of urban food systems based on an up to date review of research results and practical experiences in both developed and developing countries. By doing so, the international team of authors provides a balanced textbook for students of the growing number of courses on sustainable agriculture, food and urban studies, as well as a solid basis for well-informed policy making, planning and implementation regarding the development of sustainable, resilient and just urban food systems.

Spis treści

1. Urban Food Systems  Johannes S.C. Wiskerke  2. Urban Food Policies and Programmes: An Overview  Lauren Baker and Henk de Zeeuw  3. Process and Tools for Multi-stakeholder Planning of the Urban Agro-food System  Henk de Zeeuw and Marielle Dubbeling  4. Agriculture in Urban Design and Spatial Planning  Andre Viljoen, Johannes Schlesinger, Katrin Bohn and Axel Drescher  5. Urban Agriculture and Short Chain Food Marketing in Developing Countries  Paule Moustier and Henk Renting  6. Urban Agriculture’s Contributions to Urban Food Security and Nutrition  Maria Gerster-Bentaya  7. Productive and Safe Use of Urban Organic Wastes and Wastewater in Urban Food Production Systems in Low-income Countries  Pay Drechsel, Ben Keraita, Olufunke Cofie and J. Nikiema  8. Urban Agriculture and Climate Change  Shuaib Lwasa and Marielle Dubbeling  9. Urban Horticulture  Hubert de Bon, Robert J. Holmer and Christine Aubry  10. Urban Livestock Keeping  Delia Grace, Johanna Lindahl, Maria Correa and Manish Kakkar  11. Urban (Agro-)forestry  Fabio Salbitano  12. Urban Aquaculture for Resilient Food Systems  Stuart Bunting and David Little  13. Gendering Urban Food Strategies across Multiple Scales  Liam Riley and Alice Hovorka  14. Financing Urban Agriculture: What Do We Know and What Should We Know  Yves Cabannes  15. Role of Urban Agriculture in Disasters and Emergencies  Andrew Adam-Bradford and René van Veenhuizen