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Designing urban agriculture : a complete guide to the planning, design, construction, maintenance and management of edible landscapes / April Philips.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2013.Description: xii, 276 pages : colored illustrations ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9781118073834 (hardback : acidfree paper)
  • 1118073835 (hardback : acidfree paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • S494.5.U72 P44 2013
Other classification:
  • ARC008000
Online resources:
Contents:
Food cities: ecology + urban agriculture -- Planning strategies for urban food systems -- Vision, synthesis, and form -- Systems integration and connections -- Lifecycle operations -- Outreach and community.
Summary: "This full-color guide offers a complete overview of edible landscapes from the planning, designing, and funding to the management and maintenance of these communal spaces and ecodestinations. Featuring case studies of innovative projects, it offers complete coverage of a dozen typologies including community gardens, CSA farms, edible estates, edible roof gardens, guerilla gardens, vertical wall gardens, and farm-to-table gardens, among others"--Summary: "Explains how to design regenerative edible landscapes that benefit both community and ecology Offers complete coverage of management and maintenance issues "--
List(s) this item appears in: Urban Farming
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves S494.5.U72 P45 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800148421
Total holds: 0

Includes Seattle P-Patch.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-270) and index.

Food cities: ecology + urban agriculture -- Planning strategies for urban food systems -- Vision, synthesis, and form -- Systems integration and connections -- Lifecycle operations -- Outreach and community.

"This full-color guide offers a complete overview of edible landscapes from the planning, designing, and funding to the management and maintenance of these communal spaces and ecodestinations. Featuring case studies of innovative projects, it offers complete coverage of a dozen typologies including community gardens, CSA farms, edible estates, edible roof gardens, guerilla gardens, vertical wall gardens, and farm-to-table gardens, among others"--

"Explains how to design regenerative edible landscapes that benefit both community and ecology Offers complete coverage of management and maintenance issues "--

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