Urban Farming Perspectives

Jenny Smith

Traduttore A AI

Casa editrice: Publifye

Sinossi

Urban Farming Perspectives reimagines cities as fertile ground for addressing food insecurity, social inequity, and climate challenges through the lens of urban agriculture. Bridging academic research and hands-on practice, the book positions urban farming as a vital tool for building resilient communities, combining historical context with modern innovations. It traces the evolution from ancient rooftop gardens to today’s hydroponic systems, showing how vacant lots and vertical farms can combat food deserts and reconnect urban dwellers with their food sources.

The book balances technical insights with human stories, comparing energy-efficient methods like Singapore’s sky gardens to community-driven projects such as Philadelphia’s crime-reducing urban farms. It tackles complex themes—scalable hydroponics, the risks of green gentrification, and farming’s role in job creation—through accessible case studies and data. Unique in its dual focus, it offers gardeners practical growing strategies while equipping policymakers with cost-benefit analyses and zoning reform templates. Chapters progress from soil-level techniques to broader systemic change, weaving public health benefits, urban planning challenges, and behavioral economics into a cohesive narrative.

What sets this work apart is its refusal to romanticize urban farming. While celebrating successes like Detroit’s cooperatives or Berlin’s Prinzessinnengärten, it acknowledges limitations—such as arid regions’ unique hurdles—and frames farming as one piece of a larger sustainability puzzle. By grounding idealism in peer-reviewed evidence and grassroots examples, the book invites readers to cultivate not just plants, but equitable, climate-ready cities.

Disponibile da: 26/01/2025.

Lunghezza di stampa: 53 pagine.

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