Growing a sustainable city? : the question of urban agriculture / Christina D. Rosan and Hamil Pears...
Growing a sustainable city? : the question of urban agriculture / Christina D. Rosan and Hamil Pears...
Growing a sustainable city? : the question of urban agriculture / Christina D. Rosan and Hamil Pearsall.
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Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2017.
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G 2018/0757
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English
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198 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction : The dilemma of urban agriculture -- The rise of urban agriculture as a short-term strategy (1893-1980) -- The agendas of urban agriculture at its peak (1990-2000s) -- The politics of urban agriculture in sustainability planning -- "New growers" making sense of their role -- Putting gr...
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Publisher
Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2017.
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Ontario
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©2017.
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Growing a Sustainable City? offers a critical analysis of the development of urban agriculture policies and their role in making post-industrial cities more sustainable. Christina Rosan and Hamil Pearsall’s intriguing and illuminating case study of Philadelphia reveals how growing in the city has become a symbol of urban economic revitalizat...
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Growing a sustainable city? : the question of urban agriculture / Christina D. Rosan and Hamil Pearsall.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-185) and index.
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G 2018/0757
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74VKVGB8oQAl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGB8oQAl
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9781442628557 (paperback)
1442650613 (hardcover)
9781442650619 (hardcover)
1442628553 (paperback)
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991024156170302626
