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- Includes bibliographical references (p. 86-94)
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- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 338.1/09172/4091732
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
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- 9781552502426 1552502260
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- S494.5.U72
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- M684 2006eb
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- 1 electronic text (xix, 97 p.)
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- Canada
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- (CaBNVSL)gtp00521930 (OCoLC)66911362 (CaOOCEL)405930
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- Title proper/short title
- Urban agriculture for sustainable development
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Foreword 10
- Preface 14
- Acknowledgments 18
- 1. The Issue 22
- Population shift 22
- Food: a “basic luxury” 24
- Snails and silkworms 25
- Women’s roles 27
- Easing ecological problems 28
- An uncertain existence 29
- Increasing recognition 30
- Cities Feeding People 31
- 2. The Approach 34
- An evolving approach 35
- Cities Feeding People 37
- Building capacity — and bridges 41
- Maximizing impact 43
- The way ahead 44
- 3. Experiences from the Field 46
- Blurring the boundaries 46
- Land, people, and policies 47
- Real progress in three African cities 49
- City partners in Latin America 52
- Waste, water, and environment 56
- Closing the nutrient loop 57
- Mapping waste supply and demand 58
- Reducing waste, feeding the poor 60
- Managing municipal wastewater 62
- Reducing the pollution load 63
- Growing gardens with greywater 65
- Food security and incomes 67
- Lessons learned 68
- 4. Learning from Experience 70
- Land and space 71
- Waste disposal and health 76
- Food and nutrition 79
- 5. Recommendations 82
- 1. Municipal governments should start with the right question: What can UA do for my city (not what can my city do for it)? 83
- 2. Use UA to make suitable vacant space productive for all 85
- 3. Include UA as an urban land-use category and as an economic function in your planning system 86
- 4. Use a participatory policy-making approach 87
- 5. Experiment with temporary occupancy permits (TOPs) for urban producers using private and public open spaces 87
- 6. Support the organization of poor urban producers to manage UA in more and better ways 88
- 7. Bring the needed research in tune with your policy exercise at the earliest opportunity 89
- Reshaping city life 91
- 6. A City of the Future 92
- Fast forward to the year 2025 94
- Back to the present 98
- Appendix 1. Glossary of Terms and Acronyms 100
- A 100
- B 100
- C 100
- D 101
- E 101
- F 101
- G 101
- I 102
- L 102
- M 102
- N 102
- O 102
- P 102
- R 102
- S 102
- T 103
- U 103
- W 104
- Appendix 2. Sources and Resources 106
- The Publisher 119