Sowing Seeds in the City : Ecosystem and Municipal Services /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Brown, Sally. (Editor ), McIvor, Kristen. (Editor ), Hodges Snyder, Elizabeth. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
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245 1 0 |a Sowing Seeds in the City :  |b Ecosystem and Municipal Services /  |c edited by Sally Brown, Kristen McIvor, Elizabeth Hodges Snyder. 
250 |a 1st ed. 2016. 
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300 |a XVI, 407 p. 166 illus., 10 illus. in color. :  |b online resource. 
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505 0 |a Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Ecosystem Services from Urban Agriculture in the City of the Future -- Part I: Soil and Water Resources -- Chapter 2: Soil Formation and Nutrient Cycling -- Chapter 3: A Guide to Types of Non Potable Water and the Potential for Reuse in Urban Systems -- Chapter 4: Graywater Reuse For Irrigation: Benefits and Potential Hazards -- Chapter 5: Planting Abundance: Alternative Water Sources for Urban Farms -- Part II: Ecosystem Services – Waste Treatment -- Chapter 6: The Role of Organic Residuals in Urban Agriculture -- Chapter 7: Municipal Food Waste Management Options: Climate and Economic Impacts -- Chapter 8: Food Waste Composting in Seattle: The Political Perspective -- Chapter 9: Cedar Grove Compost: Developing a Combined Food- Yard Waste Centralized Composting Program -- Part III: Ecosystem Services – Climate Regulation -- Chapter 10: Soils and Climate Change -- Chapter 11: Soil Carbon Sequestration and Organic Wastes -- Chapter 12: Lettuce to Reduce Greenhouse Gases: A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Conventional and Community Agriculture -- Part IV: Ecosystem Services – Habitat -- Chapter 13: Basics of Microbial Ecology and Function in Urban Agriculture -- Chapter 14: Urban Microbiomes and Urban Agriculture: What Are The Connections and Why Should We Care? -- Chapter 15: Wild Bees in Cultivated City Gardens -- Chapter 16: Urban Agriculture as Habitat for Birds -- Chapter 17: Improving the Suitability of Urban Farms for Wildlife -- Part V: Ecosystem Services – Food Production -- Chapter 18: How Much Can You Grow? Quantifying Yield in a Community Garden Plot: One Family’s Experience -- Chapter 19: Applying Permaculture in Alaska: The Williams Street Farmhouse -- Chapter 20: Seed Libraries -- Chapter 21: Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) and Aquaponics for Urban Food Production, with a Pictorial Guide to Aquaponics -- Part VI: Integration into Municipal Infrastructure – Location Options -- Chapter 22: Community Garden Basics -- Chapter 23: Up on the Roof: Considerations for Food Production on Rooftops -- Chapter 24: Brownfields as Sites for Urban Farms -- Chapter 25: Curbside Gardens -- Part VII: Integration into Municipal Infrastructure – Zoning and Legal Considerations -- Chapter 26: Zoning and Urban Agriculture in Michigan -- Chapter 27: Urban Agriculture in Portland, Oregon: 2002-2012 -- Chapter 28: Legalizing Commercial Agriculture in Boston: A Logical Step Towards Integrating Farming Into Urban Life. 
650 0 |a Agriculture. 
650 0 |a Urban ecology (Biology). 
650 0 |a Sustainable development. 
650 1 4 |a Agriculture. 
650 2 4 |a Urban Ecology. 
650 2 4 |a Sustainable Development. 
700 1 |a Brown, Sally.  |e editor. 
700 1 |a McIvor, Kristen.  |e editor. 
700 1 |a Hodges Snyder, Elizabeth.  |e editor. 
710 2 |a SpringerLink (Online service) 
773 0 |t Springer eBooks