Clouse, Carey, 1979- author.

Farming Cuba : urban agriculture from the ground up / Carey Clouse.

First edition.

New York, New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2014]
©2014

191 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, Cuba found itself solely responsible for feeding a nation that had grown dependent on imports and trade subsidies. With fuel, fertilizers, and pesticides disappearing overnight, citizens began growing their own organic produce anywhere they could find space, on rooftops, balconies, vacant lots, and even school playgrounds. By 1998 there were more than 8,000 urban farms in Havana producing nearly half of the country's vegetables. What began as a grassroots initiative had, in less than a decade, grown into the largest sustainable agriculture initiative ever undertaken, making Cuba the world leader in urban farming. Featuring a wealth of rarely seen material and intimate portraits of the environment, this text details the innovative design strategies and explores the social, political, and environmental factors that helped shape this pioneering urban farming program.

9781616892005 (alk. paper)
1616892005 (alk. paper)

Urban agriculture Cuba.
Landscape design Cuba.
Agriculture urbaine Cuba.
Aménagement paysager Cuba.
Landscape design.
Urban agriculture.
Städtische Landwirtschaft
Cuba.
Kuba

Urban agriculture from the ground up

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 286562
Cote: BIB 226961
Statut: Disponible