Rooftop Urban Agriculture /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2017.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2017. |
| Colección: | Urban Agriculture,
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.