Main entry:

Viljoen Andr·Œ.

Title & Author:

Continuous productive urban landscapes : designing urban agriculture for sustainable cities / Andr·Œ Viljoen, Katrin Bohn, Joe Howe.

Publication:

Amsterdam : Architectural Press, 2005.

Description:

xxii, 280 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical reference and index.
An introductory glossary / Andre Viljoen and Katrin Bohn -- 1. New space for old space : an urban vision / Katrin Bohn and Andre Viljoen -- 2. More space with less space : an urban design strategy / Katrin Bohn and Andre Viljoen -- 3. More food with less space : why bother? / Andre Viljoen, Katrin Bohn and Joe Howe -- 4. Urban agriculture and sustainable urban development / Herbert Giradet -- 5. Food miles / Angela Paxton -- 6. Sandwell : a rich country and food for the poor / Andre Viljoen -- 7. Plan it : an inclusive approach to environmentally sustainable planning / Susannah Hagan -- 8. New cities with more life : benefits and obstacles / Joe Howe, Andre Viljoen and Katrin Bohn -- 9. The economics of urban and peri-urban agriculture / James Petts -- 10. Changing consumer behaviour : the role of farmers' markets / Nina Planck -- 11. The social role of community farms and gardens in the city / Jeremy Iles -- 12. Recycling systems at the urban scale / Margi Lennartsson -- 13. Food in time : the history of English open urban space as a European example / Joe Howe, Katrin Bohn and Andre Viljoen -- 14. Food in space : CPULs amongst contemporary open urban space / Katrin Bohn and Andre Viljoen -- 15. Designs on the plot : the future for allotments in urban landscapes / David Crouch and Richard Wiltshire -- 16. Urban agriculture in Havana : opportunities for the future / Jorge Pena Diaz and Phil Harris -- 17. Cuba : laboratory for urban agriculture / Andre Viljoen and Joe Howe -- 18. Urban and peri-urban agriculture in East and Southern Africa : economic, planning and social dimensions / Beacon Mbiba -- 19. Moulsecoomb : discovering a micro-PUL / Andre Viljoen and Katrin Bohn -- 20. Allotments, plots and crops in Britain / H.F. Cook, H.C. Lee and A. Perez-Vazquez -- 21. Urban food growing : new landscapes, new thinking / Simon Michaels -- 22. Permaculture and productive urban landscapes / Graeme Sherriff -- 23. Utilitarian dreams : examples from other countries / Andre Viljoen -- 24. New space for old cities : vision for landscape / Katrin Bohn and Andre Viljoen -- 25. More city with less space : vision for lifestyle / Katrin Bohn and Andre Viljoen -- 26. More or less : food for thought / Andre Viljoen and Katrin Bohn.

ISBN:

9780750655439
0750655437 (pbk.)

Subject:

Urban agriculture.
Urban landscape architecture.
Sustainable agriculture.
City planning.
Agriculture urbaine.
Paysage urbain.
Agriculture durable.
urban landscapes.
Sustainable urban development

Added entries:

Bohn Katrin.
Howe Joe.
Bohn, Katrin
Howe, J. (Joe)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 255968
Call No.: BIB 186246
Status: Available