Christina D Rosan, Hamil Pearsall

Growing a Sustainable City?

The Question of Urban Agriculture

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Growing a Sustainable City? offers a critical analysis of the development of urban agriculture policies and their role in making post-industrial cities more sustainable.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 154mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 316g
• ISBN-13: 9781442628557
• ISBN-10: 1442628553
• Artikelnr.: 47972318

Autorenporträt

Christina D. Rosan is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University. Hamil Pearsall is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Garden in the Urban Imaginary
Chapter 2. Since the 1800s? A Historical Case Study of Urban Agriculture
Chapter 3. Urban Agriculture as a Way towards a Better, Brighter Future
Chapter 4. A New Generation of Growers
Chapter 5. The Reality of Growing in the City
Chapter 6. The Politics of Urban Agriculture
Chapter 7: Conclusion