Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes - Designing Urban Agriculture for Sustainable Cities (Paperback)

This book on urban design extends and develops the widely accepted 'compact city' solution. It provides a design proposal for a new kind of sustainable urban landscape: Urban Agriculture. By growing food within an urban rather than exclusively rural environment, urban agriculture would reduce the need for industrialized production, packaging and transportation of foodstuffs to the city dwelling consumers. The revolutionary and innovative concepts put forth in this book have potential to shape the future of our cities quality of life within them.
Urban design is shown in practice through international case studies and the arguments presented are supported by quantified economic, environmental and social justifications.
* Is THE first book on urban agriculture for architects, landscape architects and urban designers
* Presents concepts with the potential to have an immense impact on the future shape of cities
* Includes over 200 images providing readers a clear visual idea of this pioneering subject

General

Imprint:	Architectural Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2005
First published:	2005
Editors:	Andre Viljoen • Joe Howe
Dimensions:	246 x 189 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	318
ISBN-13:	978-0-7506-5543-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Architectural structure & design Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > Sustainability Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7506-5543-7
Barcode:	9780750655439

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