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Creating urban agricultural systems : an integrated approach to design / Gundula Proksch.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017Description: xii, 367 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780415747936 (paperback)
  • 9780415747912 (hardbound)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 630.1732 PRO 23 016951
LOC classification:
  • S494.5.U72 P76 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Foreword by Will Allen. Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction: Urban Agriculture and the Built Environment. Part 1: Environmental Resources 1. Nutrients: Growing Systems and Zero Waste Future 2. Water: Connecting the Cycle 3. Energy: Solar-Powered Photosynthesis and Greenhouses Part 2: Human Expertise 4. Operation: Farm Managements, Business Planning, and Financing 5. Community: Education and Social Integration 6. Design: From Urban Visions to Building Integration Glossary. Image Credits. Bibliography. Index.
Summary: Creating Urban Agriculture Systems provides you with background, expertise, and inspiration for designing with urban agriculture. It shows you how to grow food in buildings and cities, operate growing systems, and integrate them with natural cycles and existing infrastructures. It teaches you the essential environmental inputs and operational strategies of urban farms, and inspires community and design tools for innovative operations and sustainable urban environments that produce fresh, local food. Over 70 projects and 16 in-depth case studies of productive, integrated systems, located in North America, Europe, and Asia ,are organized by their emphasis on nutrient, water, and energy management, farm operation, community integration and design approaches so that you can see innovative strategies in action. Interviews with leading architecture firms, including WORKac, Kiss + Cathcart, Weber Thompson, CJ Lim/Studio 8, and SOA Architectes, highlight the challenges and rewards you face when creating urban agriculture systems. Catalogs of growing and building systems, a glossary, bibliography, and abstracts will help you find information fast. -- Publisher description
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword by Will Allen. Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction: Urban Agriculture and the Built Environment. Part 1: Environmental Resources 1. Nutrients: Growing Systems and Zero Waste Future 2. Water: Connecting the Cycle 3. Energy: Solar-Powered Photosynthesis and Greenhouses Part 2: Human Expertise 4. Operation: Farm Managements, Business Planning, and Financing 5. Community: Education and Social Integration 6. Design: From Urban Visions to Building Integration Glossary. Image Credits. Bibliography. Index.

Creating Urban Agriculture Systems provides you with background, expertise, and inspiration for designing with urban agriculture. It shows you how to grow food in buildings and cities, operate growing systems, and integrate them with natural cycles and existing infrastructures. It teaches you the essential environmental inputs and operational strategies of urban farms, and inspires community and design tools for innovative operations and sustainable urban environments that produce fresh, local food.

Over 70 projects and 16 in-depth case studies of productive, integrated systems, located in North America, Europe, and Asia ,are organized by their emphasis on nutrient, water, and energy management, farm operation, community integration and design approaches so that you can see innovative strategies in action. Interviews with leading architecture firms, including WORKac, Kiss + Cathcart, Weber Thompson, CJ Lim/Studio 8, and SOA Architectes, highlight the challenges and rewards you face when creating urban agriculture systems. Catalogs of growing and building systems, a glossary, bibliography, and abstracts will help you find information fast. -- Publisher description

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