Designing urban agriculture [electronic resource] : a complete guide to the planning, design, construction, maintenance, and management of edible landscapes / April Philips.

By: Philips, AprilContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2013Description: xii, 276 p. : col. illISBN: 9781118333075 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Urban agriculture | Edible landscapingGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 630.9173/2 LOC classification: S494.5.U72 | P44 2013Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Food Cities: Ecology + Urban Agriculture (ecology) Chapter 2: Planning Strategies for Urban Food Systems (planning) Chapter 3: Vision, Synthesis and Form (designing) Chapter 4: Systems Integration and Connections (constructing) Chapter 5: Lifecycle Operations (managing) Chapter 6: Outreach and Community (marketing) Bibliography Index.
Summary: "This full-color guide offers a complete overview of edible landscapes from the planning, designing, and funding to the management and maintenance of these communal spaces and ecodestinations. Featuring case studies of innovative projects, it offers complete coverage of a dozen typologies including community gardens, CSA farms, edible estates, edible roof gardens, guerilla gardens, vertical wall gardens, and farm-to-table gardens, among others"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Food Cities: Ecology + Urban Agriculture (ecology) Chapter 2: Planning Strategies for Urban Food Systems (planning) Chapter 3: Vision, Synthesis and Form (designing) Chapter 4: Systems Integration and Connections (constructing) Chapter 5: Lifecycle Operations (managing) Chapter 6: Outreach and Community (marketing) Bibliography Index.

"This full-color guide offers a complete overview of edible landscapes from the planning, designing, and funding to the management and maintenance of these communal spaces and ecodestinations. Featuring case studies of innovative projects, it offers complete coverage of a dozen typologies including community gardens, CSA farms, edible estates, edible roof gardens, guerilla gardens, vertical wall gardens, and farm-to-table gardens, among others"-- Provided by publisher.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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