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Agriculture in urban planning :

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1136572058

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1281974447

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1435699475

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1552504271

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1849770433

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9781136572050

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9781281974440

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9781435699472

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9781552504277

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9781849770439

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1844076687

Erroneous ISBN

9781844076680

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b795630

Title Proper

Agriculture in urban planning :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

generating livelihoods and food security /

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Mark Redwood.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Sterling, VA :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Earthscan,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2009.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xviii, 248 pages) :

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illustrations, maps

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Household food security among urban farmers in Nairobi, Kenya / Eunice Wambui Njogu -- Urban compost: a socio-economic and agronomic evaluation in Kumasi, Ghana / Nikita S. Eriksen-Hamel and George Danso -- Urban agriculture as a livelihood strategy in Lima, Peru / Luis Maldonado Villavicencio -- The social and economic implications of urban agriculture on food security in Harare, Zimbabwe / Charity Mutonodzo -- Urban agriculture and food security in Lilongwe and Blantyre, Malawi / David Dalison Mkwambisi -- An analysis of the quality of wastewater used to irrigate vegetables in Accra, Kumasi and Tamale (Ghana) / Philip Amoah -- Water contamination and its impact on vegetable production in the Rímac River, Peru / Henry Juarez -- Wastewater use and urban agriculture in kinshasa, DR Congo / Kifuani Kia Mayeko -- The health impacts of farming on producers in Rosario, Argentina / Patricia Silvia Propersi -- Using participatory education and action research for health risk reduction amongst farmers in Dakar, Senegal / Nita Chaudhuri -- Complex ecologies and city spaces: social-ecological networks of urban agriculture / Laura J. Shillington -- Urban agriculture and physical planning: a case study of Zaria, Nigeria / Chuo Adamu Nsangu.

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This volume, by graduate researchers working in urban agriculture, examines concrete strategies to integrate city farming into the urban landscape. Drawing on original field work in cities across the rapidly urbanizing global south, the book examines the contribution of urban agriculture and city farming to livelihoods and food security. Case studies cover food production diversification for robust and secure food provision; the socio-economic and agronomic aspects of urban composting; urban agriculture as a viable livelihood strategy; strategies for integrating city farming into ur.

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CPCSUB2011-2012

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OverDrive, Inc.

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413FEBE2-C750-4476-9084-3AA9D4C32F0B

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FormOnline

Terms of Availability

CostPaid

Title

Agriculture in urban planning.

International Standard Book Number

9781844076680

Sustainable development-- Developing countries.

Urban agriculture-- Developing countries.

Sustainable development.

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING-- Agriculture-- Agronomy-- Crop Science.

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING-- Agriculture-- Agronomy-- General.

Urban agriculture.

Developing countries.

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KNAC

TEC-- 003030

TEC-- 003080

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Redwood, Mark.

Date of Transaction

20201207083759.0

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[Book]

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