Sowing Seeds in the City : Ecosystem and Municipal Services - Brown, Sally; McIvor, Kristen; Hodges Snyder, Elizabeth; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2016)
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.
Keywords: Agriculture; Urban ecology (Biology).; Sustainable development; Agriculture; Urban Ecology; Sustainable Development