Download or read book Agriculture in Urban Planning written by Mark Redwood and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2012 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 and agronomic aspects of urban composting; urban agriculture as a viable livelihood strategy; strategies for integrating city farming into urban landscapes; and the complex social-ecological networks of urban agriculture. Other case studies look at public health aspects including the impact of pesticides, micro-biological risks, pollution and water contamination on food production and people. Ultimately the book calls on city farmers, politicians, environmentalists and regulatory bodies to work together to improve the long term sustainability of urban farming as a major, secure source of food and employment for urban populations. Published with IDRC

Download or read book Agropolis written by Luc J. A. Mougeot and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2005 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban agriculture is an increasingly popular practice in cities worldwide, and a sustainable future for it is critical, especially for the urban poor of the developing world.

Download or read book Growing Better Cities written by Luc J. A. Mougeot and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2006 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accompanying CD-ROM also has titles in French and Spanish.

Download or read book Cities Feeding People written by Axumite G. Egziabher and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cities Feeding People examines urban agriculture in East Africa and proves that it is a safe, clean, and secure method to feed the world's struggling urban residents. It also collapses the myth that urban agriculture is practiced only by the poor and unemployed. Cities Feeding People provides the hard facts needed to convince governments that urban agriculture should have a larger role in feeding the urban population.

Download or read book Cities Farming for the Future written by International Development Research Centre (Canada) and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wastewater Use in Irrigated Agriculture written by Christopher Scott and published by Cabi. This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of urban wastewater in agriculture is receiving renewed attention, with the increasing scarcity of fresh water resources in many arid and semi-arid regions of the world. Wastewater is a low-cost alternative to conventional irrigation water, although it may carry health and environmental risks. This book critically reviews experience worldwide of these issues. Emphasis is placed on untreated wastewater use by means of field-based case studies from Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. It brings together a range of perspectives including economic, health, agronomic, environmental, institutional, and policy dimensions.

Download or read book La valorisation agricole des boues d usines d puration d eaux us es municipales microforme impact sur la cha ne alimentaire humaine written by A. (Alexandre) Lefebvre and published by National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada. This book was released on 1996 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Research Skills for Policy and Development written by Alan Thomas and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2007-05-16 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a critical guide to conducting investigations under time- and resource-pressured conditions, equipping readers with the key skills and approaches for research designed to influence or inform development policies. Unlike a simple 'how to' guide, Research Skills for Policy and Development also provides a critique of various methods and situates these approaches within 'real life' organisational settings, enabling those working in or studying development to locate, evaluate and use relevant information quickly but rigorously. The successor to Finding Out Fast (SAGE, 1998) it reflects the changes in development management theories and practice over the last seven years, and includes new material and advice on critical use of the web as a resource and research tool. It is essential reading for development managers in NGOs and public sector agencies as well as students of development management and development studies more generally.

Download or read book Valorisation agricole des boues d puration urbaines written by Ahmed Boutmedjet and published by Presses Academiques Francophones. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L'utilisation prudente des boues d'epuration urbaines en agriculture, presente souvent le meilleur mode de leurs valorisation, vu qu'elles offrent des avantages tres interessants, en particulier leur valeur fertilisante. Cet avantage, pourrait ameliorer les sols des regions arides. La presente etude experimentale montre l'effet positif, ainsi que les limites de l'epandage de quatre doses de boue (D0, D1, D2 et D3) sur un sol sableux implante par trois essences forestieres, a savoir l'Acacia, l'Eucalyptus et le Casuarina. les resultats revelent que la D2 offre les meilleurs rendements de croissance pour le Casuarina et l'Eucalyptus, alors que c'est la D3 pour l'Acacia. les teneurs des vegetaux en azote, phosphore et potassium ont connu une augmentation, avec une legere elevation des teneurs en metaux lourds. Pour l'impact de cette application sur le sol, il est a noter une diminution du pH, une augmentation de la conductivite electrique et un enrichissement en matiere organique. Ce travail interessera les etudiants, les chercheurs et les professionnels dans le domaine de la science du sol, la foresterie et l'environnement, en particulier la valorisation des residus urbains."

Download or read book Les diff rents proc d s de stockage des boues d puration avant valorisation en agriculture written by Jacques Wiart and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Les diff rents proc d s de stockage des boues d puration avant valorisation en agriculture written by Jacques Wiart and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: