Growing a Sustainable City? - The Question of Urban Agriculture

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Hamil Pearsall, Christina D. Rosan, Christina D. Pearsall Rosan
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.12.2017
• EAN: 9781442628557
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-2855-7
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: UTP Insights; UTP Insights
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education