Titre et auteur:

Growing cities, growing food : urban agriculture on the policy agenda : a reader on urban agriculture / edited by Nico Bakker [and others].

Publication:

Feldafing, Germany : Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung, Zentralstelle für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft, [2000]

Description:

531 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm

Notes:
"April 2000"--Title page verso.
Outgrowth of an international workshop held in Havana, Cuba, Oct. 11-15, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references.
Pt 1. Thematic papers on urban agriculture -- Urban agriculture: definition, presence, potentials and risks -- Urban agriculture and sustainable cities -- The impact of urban agriculture on the household and local economies -- Urban agriculture and food security, nutrition and health -- Policy options for urban agriculture -- Institutional aspects of urban agriculture in the city of Dar es Salaam -- The integration of agriculture in urban policies. Part 2. City case studies from Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe -- Accra: urban agriculture as an asset strategy, supplementing income and diets -- Cairo: urban agriculture and visions for a "modern" city -- Market-oriented urban agricultural production in Dakar -- Urban agriculture in Dar es Salaam: providing for an indispensable part of the diet -- Urban agriculture in Harare: between suspicion and repression -- Increasing food security through urban farming in Nairobi -- Urban agriculture in the city of Havana: a popular response to crisis -- NGO experiences in Lima targeting the urban poor through urban agriculture -- Mexico City: the integration of urban agriculture to contain urban sprawl -- La Paz: urban agriculture in harsh ecological conditions -- Urban agriculture in Cagayan de Oro: a favourable response of city government and NGOs -- Waste recycling through urban farming in Hubli-Dharwad -- Jakarta: urban agriculture as an alternative strategy to face the economic crisis -- Shanghai: trends towards specialised and capital-intensive urban agriculture -- Urban agriculture in London: rethinking our food economy -- Sofia: urban agriculture in an economy in transition.

ISBN:

3934068251 (paperback)
9783934068254 (paperback)

Sujet:

Urban agriculture Congresses.
Urban agriculture Government policy Congresses.
Agriculture urbaine Congrès.
Agriculture urbaine Politique gouvernementale Congrès.
Urban agriculture.
Urban agriculture Government policy.

Classification/genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Vedettes secondaires:

Bakker, Nico.
Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Entwicklung. Zentralstelle für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 256188
Cote: BIB 186506
Statut: Disponible