Designing urban agriculture : a complete guide to the planning, design, construction, maintenance and management of edible landscapes / April Philips.
Material type: TextPublication details: Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2013.Description: xii, 276 pages : colored illustrations ; 29 cmISBN:- 9781118073834 (hardback : acidfree paper)
- 1118073835 (hardback : acidfree paper)
- S494.5.U72 P44 2013
- ARC008000
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Lending Books | Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves | S494.5.U72 P45 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39352800148421 |
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 "--