Spatial Organisation of Urban Agriculture in the Global South - Food Security and Sustainable Cities

This book examines the role and position of urban agriculture in the spatial and functional structure of cities in the Global South.

List of contents

1. Introduction
2. Contemporary research on urban agriculture
3. Havana – a case study of urban agriculture in Latin America
4. Singapore – a case study of urban agriculture in Southeast Asia
5. Kigali – a case study of urban agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
6. Summary

About the author

Ada Górna is a senior assistant in the Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies at the University of Warsaw, Poland, where she lectures on urban studies and food systems. She holds a PhD in the field of social sciences in the discipline of socio-economic geography and spatial management from the University of Warsaw and has published in a range of journals, including Land, the Journal of Baltic Studies, Planning Perspectives, and Miscellanea Geographica.

Summary

This book examines the role and position of urban agriculture in the spatial and functional structure of cities in the Global South.

Product details

• Authors: Ada Gorna, Ada Górna
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2024
• EAN: 9781032544403
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3254440-3
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; AGRICULTURE & FARMING, Urban communities, Urban farming / urban agriculture, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Urban Farming, spatial;organization;urban;Global;South