Agropolis: The Social, Political, and Environmental Dimensions of Urban AgricultureLuc J. A. Mougeot Earthscan, 2005 - 286 Seiten Urban agriculture is an increasingly popular practice in cities worldwide. A sustainable future for it is critical, especially for the urban poor of the developing world. This book presents the first findings of original field research projects funded by IDRC's AGROPOLIS International Graduate Research Awards on Urban Agriculture. Countries studied include Argentina, Botswana, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, France, Togo, Tunisia, the UK and Zimbabwe.Together, these studies examine concrete strategies to better integrate 'city farming' into the urban landscape. |
Inhalt
Introduction | 1 |
Migration and Food Security in Namibia | 31 |
Chapter 2 The Pestcontrol System in the Market Gardens of Lomé Togo | 51 |
A Tobit Approach | 89 |
Chapter 4 Exploring the Gender Dimensions of Urban Openspace Cultivation in Harare Zimbabwe | 107 |
Chapter 5 Gender Commercial Urban Agriculture and Urban Food Supply in Greater Gaborone Botswana | 137 |
Shifting Perspectives on Urban Agriculture in Havana Cuba | 153 |
Integration of Economic Social Technical and Environmental Variables | 187 |
The Saclay Plateau France and the Sijoumi Plain Tunisia | 203 |
Chapter 9 Assessing Benefits from Allotments as a Component of Urban Agriculture in England | 239 |
Chapter 10 Neglected Issues on Form and Substance of Research on Urban Agriculture | 267 |
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
activities Africa AGROPOLIS allotment gardening allotment holders analysis Ashford Botswana cent Central Havana commercial UA constraints context contingent valuation Côte d’Ivoire countryside crops Cruz Hernández Cuba cultivation Development Research Centre economic environment environmental factors farming farmland food security Gaborone gender Greater Gaborone Greater Tunis growers Harare Havana Hernández and Medina IDRC important income inputs institutional International Development Research interviews Katutura labour land land-use located Lomé market gardeners methodology migration MINAGRI municipal Namibia needs neighbourhood NGOs organizations organopónicos participation participatory pesticides pests plots practices programme residents role rural areas Saclay Plateau sample sector self-provisioning Sijoumi Plain small ruminants social space strategies survey sustainable Togo Tunis UA professionals UA systems UN-HABITAT Urban Agriculture Urban Agriculture Magazine urban areas urban farmers urban food urban households Urban Planning variables vegetables vermicompost vermiculture Windhoek women Zimbabwe zone