Agriculture in Urban Planning: Generating Livelihoods and Food Security

by Mark Redwood

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415507367
• ISBN13: 9780415507363
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"