Toward sustainable relations between agriculture and the city. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Christophe-Toussaint Soulard, Coline Perrin, Elodie Valette, editors.
• Editors: Soulard, Christophe-Toussaint; Perrin, Coline; Valette, Élodie
• Contents: Chapter 1. Relations between agriculture and the city in Europe and the Mediterranean -- Part 1. Systemic approaches of agricultural- urban relations -- Chapter 2. Food, integrating urban and agricultural dynamics in Pisa, Italy -- Chapter 3. Logistic issues and impacts of short food supply chains: case studies in Nord -- Pas de Calais, France -- Chapter 4. Interactions between agriculture and the city : a systemic approach to examine sustainability in Meknes (Morocco) -- Chapter 5. Urban farms under pressure: Cairo's dairy producers, Egypt -- Part 2. Methods and tools to design sustainable urban food systems -- Chapter 6. An Ecological Footprint-based Spatial Zoning Approach for Sustainable Metropolitan Agro-Food Systems -- Chapter 7. Food cells and food nodes. Two new concepts for rethinking traditional urban and food planning practices. The case of Barcelona's Metropolitan Region -- Chapter 8. The integration between Mediterranean cities and agriculture in local projects. A conceptual framework -- Part 3. Inventory of changes in urban agriculture -- Chapter 9. Innovative Commercial Urban Agriculture in the Paris metropolitan area -- Chapter 10. Zero-Acreage Farming: challenges and opportunities for urban policies and partnerships -- Chapter 11. The emergence of Municipal Allotment Gardens in Greece in times of crisis. Governance challenges for new urban gardening practices -- Chapter 12. The proliferation of collective gardens in Lisbon (Portugal) and Montpellier (France): urban residents demand and municipal support -- Chapter 13. The urban agriculture governance in the city of Zurich -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 630; Life sciences; Agriculture -- Economic aspects; Sustainable agriculture; Agriculture; Urban geography; City planning; Life Sciences; Agriculture; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns); Urbanism; Agricultural Economics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 3319710370; 9783319710372
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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