This book on urban design extends and develops the widely accepted 'compact city' solution. It provides a design proposal for a new kind of sustainable urban landscape: Urban Agriculture. By growing food within an urban rather than exclusively rural environment, urban agriculture would reduce the need for industrialized production, packaging and transportation of foodstuffs to the city dwelling consumers. The revolutionary and innovative concepts put forth in this book have potential to shape the future of our cities quality of life within them. Urban design is shown in practice through...
This book on urban design extends and develops the widely accepted 'compact city' solution. It provides a design proposal for a new kind of sustainabl...
This book is the long awaited sequel to ""Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes: Designing Urban Agriculture for Sustainable Cities"." "
"Second Nature Urban Agriculture"" updates and extends the authors' concept for introducing productive urban landscapes, including urban agriculture, into cities as essential elements of sustainable urban infrastructure. It reviews recent research and projects on the subject and presents concrete actions aimed at making urban agriculture happen.
As pioneering thinkers in this area, the authors bring a unique overview to contemporary developments...
This book is the long awaited sequel to ""Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes: Designing Urban Agriculture for Sustainable Cities"." "
Winner of the 2015 RIBA President's Award for Outstanding University Located Research
This book is the long awaited sequel to ""Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes: Designing Urban Agriculture for Sustainable Cities"." "
"Second Nature Urban Agriculture"" updates and extends the authors' concept for introducing productive urban landscapes, including urban agriculture, into cities as essential elements of sustainable urban infrastructure. It reviews recent research and projects on the subject and presents concrete actions aimed at making urban agriculture happen.
As pioneering...
Winner of the 2015 RIBA President's Award for Outstanding University Located Research
This book is the long awaited sequel to ""Continuous Produ...
