Urban Agriculture for Growing City Regions - Connecting Urban-Rural Spheres in Casablanca (Hardcover)

This book demonstrates how agriculture can play a determining role in integrated, climate-optimised urban development. Agriculture within urban growth centres today is more than an economic or social left-over or a niche practice. It is instead a complex system that offers multiple potentials for interaction with the urban system. Urban open space and agriculture can be linked to a productive green infrastructure - this forms new urban-rural linkages in the urbanizing region and helps shape the city. But in order to do this, agriculture has to be seen as an integral part of the urban fabric and it has to be put on the local agenda. Urban Agriculture for Growing City Regions takes the example of Casablanca, one of the fastest growing cities in North Africa, to investigate this approach. The creation of synergies between the urban and rural in an emerging megacity is demonstrated through pilot projects, design solutions, and multifunctional modules. These synergies assure greater resource efficiency; particularly regarding the use and reuse of water, and they strengthen regional food security and the social integration of multiple spheres. A transdisciplinary research approach brings together different scientific disciplines and local actors into a process of integrated knowledge production. The book will have a long lasting legacy and is essential reading for researchers, planners, practitioners and policy makers who are working on urban development and urban agricultural strategies.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2015
First published:	2014
Editors:	Undine Giseke • Maria Gerster-Bentaya • Frank Helten • Matthias Kraume • Dieter Scherer • Guido Spars • Fouad Amraoui • Abdelaziz Adidi • Said Berdouz • Mohemed Chlaida
Dimensions:	276 x 219 x 48mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	570
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-82501-6
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Agricultural science Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General Promotions
LSN:	0-415-82501-6
Barcode:	9780415825016

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