Urban Agroecology: Interdisciplinary Research and Future Directions

ISBN-13: 9780367636647 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 384 str.

Cohen, Hamutahl

Opis

This book synthesizes interdisciplinary approaches in urban agroecology in the sciences, encompassing how urban agroecologists measure flora and fauna, how people manage and benefit from these systems, and how the sociopolitical landscape shapes the socioecological dynamics within them.

Spis treści

The Role of Agroecology in Cities.1. An expanded scope of biodiversity in urban agriculture, with implications for conservation 2. Complex ecological interactions and ecosystem services in urban agroecosystems 3. Climate factors and climate change in urban agroecosystems 4. Restoring soil and supporting food sovereignty in an urbanizing world: An interdisciplinary perspective 5. Urban foraging: Where cultural knowledge and local biodiversity meet 6. Agroecology as Public Health: The island example of Tasmania 7. From individual seeds to collective harvests: urban agroecology as political action 8. Surveying the landscape of urban agriculture’s land politics: Civic, ecological, heritage-based, justice-driven, and market-oriented fields 9. Co-producing agro-food policies for urban environments: towards agroecology-oriented local food systems 10. Holistic pedagogies for social change: reflections from an urban agroecology farmer training 11. Growing Together: Participatory Approaches in Urban Agriculture Extension 12. How to study the ecology of food in the city: an overview of natural science methodologies 13. Navigating Urban Agroecological Research with the Social Sciences 14. Agroecological transformations in urban contexts: transdisciplinary research frameworks and participatory approaches in Burlington, Vermont 15. Multidimensional challenges in urban agricultural research.Future Directions in Urban Agroecology