Rooftop Urban Agriculture /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Orsini, Francesco. (Editor ), Dubbeling, Marielle. (Editor ), de Zeeuw, Henk. (Editor ), Gianquinto, Giorgio. (Editor )
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edición:1st ed. 2017.
Colección:Urban Agriculture,
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490 1 |a Urban Agriculture, 
505 0 |a Preface -- Part 1) The status and challenges of rooftop agriculture -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A panorama of rooftop agriculture types -- 3. Rooftop Farming Policy -- Part 2) Design of rooftop agriculture systems -- 4. Elements of rooftop agriculture design -- 5. Soil based and simplified hydroponics rooftop gardens -- 6. Technology for Rooftop Greenhouses -- 7. Rooftop aquaponics -- 8 Integrating rooftop agriculture into urban infrastructure -- Part 3) Rooftop agriculture Management -- 9. Water Management and irrigation systems -- 10. Managing mineral nutrition in soilless culture -- 11 Sustainable pest management -- 12. Produce quality and safety -- Part 4) Multifunctional Rooftop Agriculture -- 13. Rooftop agriculture for improved food and nutrition security -- 14. Biodiversity of flora and fauna -- 15. Resilience to climate change -- 16. Resource Efficiency and Waste Avoidance -- 17. Community building and social justice aspects of rooftop agriculture -- 18. Designing green corridors network within cities: a case study in Vienna -- Part 5) A geography of rooftop agriculture in 20 projects -- 19 Introduction -- 19.1 Cases -- 19.1.2 Amman, Jordan - Mixed micro-farming on top of residential houses -- 19.1.2 Bangkok, Thailand - Energaia: rooftop production of spirulina -- 19.1.3 Barcelona, Spain - RTG-Lab, an experimental integrated rooftop greenhouse -- 19.1.4 Bengaluru, India - An organic terrace gardening -- 19.1.15 Bologna, Italy - The community rooftop garden of Via Gandusio -- 19.1.6 Boston, United States - Fenway Farms: a restaurant garden on a baseball stadium roof -- 19.1.7 Cairo, Egypt - Rooftop farming in informal settlements -- 19.1.8 Chicago, United States - Gotham Greens: the largest rooftop greenhouse in the world -- 19.1.9 Cincinnati, United States - The Rothenberg Rooftop Garden School; Byrna Bass, Edwin "Pope" Coleman -- 19.1.10 Gaza, Palestine - Rooftop aquaponics for family nutrition in the Gaza Strip -- 19.1.11 Hong Kong, China - Rooftop Republic at Fringe Club: an educational rooftop garden -- 19.1.12. Lima, Peru - Small-scale hydroponics in Villa El Salvador: the case of Ms Esther Flores -- 19.1.13. Melbourne, Australia - Fed Square Pop-Up Patch: a small-scale commercial allotment rooftop garden -- 19.1.14. Montreal, Canada - Culti-Vert, the productive green roof of Palais des congrès -- 19.1.15. Sao Paulo, Brazil - The Eldorado Shopping Centre rooftop garden -- 19.1.16. Singapore, Singapore - Spectra edible learning rooftop garden -- 19.1.17. Singapore, Singapore - ComCrop, a commercial aquaponics rooftop farm -- 5.2.18. The Hague, The Netherlands - UrbanFarmers de Schilde: a commercial aquaponic farm and the largest rooftop farm in Europe -- 19.1.19. Toluca, Mexico - A small-scale commercial rooftop greenhouse -- 19.1.20. Toronto, Canada - Ryerson Urban Farm, Toronto: an educational rooftop garden -- Part 6) Conclusions -- Index. 
650 0 |a Agriculture. 
650 0 |a Regional planning. 
650 0 |a Urban planning. 
650 0 |a Urban ecology (Biology). 
650 0 |a Climatology. 
650 0 |a Urban economics. 
650 1 4 |a Agriculture. 
650 2 4 |a Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. 
650 2 4 |a Urban Ecology. 
650 2 4 |a Climatology. 
650 2 4 |a Urban Economics. 
700 1 |a Orsini, Francesco.  |e editor. 
700 1 |a Dubbeling, Marielle.  |e editor. 
700 1 |a de Zeeuw, Henk.  |e editor. 
700 1 |a Gianquinto, Giorgio.  |e editor. 
710 2 |a SpringerLink (Online service) 
773 0 |t Springer eBooks