Sowing Seeds in the City : Ecosystem and Municipal Services /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2016. |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.