CONTINUOUS PRODUCTIVE URBAN LANDSCAPES by Joe Howe (Editor), Andre Viljoen (Editor) ( 9780750655439 )

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Title:

CONTINUOUS PRODUCTIVE URBAN LANDSCAPES
DESIGNING URBAN AGRICULTURE FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES

By:

Joe Howe (Editor), Andre Viljoen (Editor)

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0750655437

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9780750655439

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

1 January, 2005

Pages:

302

Description:

Provides a design proposal for a new kind of sustainable urban landscape: Urban Agriculture. This book shows urban design in practice through international case studies and the arguments presented are supported by quantified economic, environmental and social justifications. It is useful for architects, landscape architects and urban designers.

Synopsis:

This book on urban design extends and develops the widely accepted 'compact city' solution. It provides a design proposal for a new kind of sustainable urban landscape: Urban Agriculture. By growing food within an urban rather than exclusively rural environment, urban agriculture would reduce the need for industrialized production, packaging and transportation of foodstuffs to the city dwelling consumers. The revolutionary and innovative concepts put forth in this book have potential to shape the future of our cities quality of life within them. Urban design is shown in practice through international case studies and the arguments presented are supported by quantified economic, environmental and social justifications.

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Approx. 200 illustrations

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Imprint:

Architectural Press

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