Sowing seeds in the city : human dimensions /: human dimensions. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Elizabeth Hodges Snyder, Kristen McIvor, Sally Brown, editors.
• Editors: Snyder, Elizabeth Hodges; McIvor, Kristen; Brown, Sally
• Contents: Preface -- Chapter 1, Introduction: Faces of Agriculture -- Part I: Perspectives on Food Security and the Impacts of Urban Agriculture -- Chapter 2. Food Security and Urban Agriculture -- Chapter 3. Urban Agriculture as a Resiliency Strategy.-Chapter 4. The Long Tradition of Urban Agriculture in the U.S. -- and its Future -- Part II: Individual and Community Health Benefits of Urban Agriculture -- Chapter 5. Harvesting Health in the Garden -- Chapter 6. Social Health and Social Capital -- Chapter 7. Urban Gardening Practices and Culture -- Chapter 8. Nature Contact, Health, and the Built Environment -- Chapter 9. A Case Study: The Discourse of Obesity and Public Health in Planning and Participation in New York City Gardens -- Part III: Managing the Risks of Urban Agriculture -- Chapter 10. Assessing and Communicating the Risks (and Benefits) of Community Participation in Urban Agriculture -- Chapter 11. Modeling to Predict High Pb Areas -- Chapter 12. Screening for Soil Lead Using a Common Soil Test Method -- Chapter 13. Mechanisms to Reduce Risk Potential -- Chapter 14. A Case Study: Potential Health Risks Posed by Eating Eggs from Free Range Chickens in New York City -- Part IV: Democracy, Ethics, and Sovereignty in Urban Agriculture -- Chapter 15. Common Roots: Urban Agriculture's Potential for Cultivating Deep Democracy -- Chapter 16. Ethics of Urban Agriculture -- Chapter 17. A Case Study of Spatial and Economic Sovereignty: Reclaiming Space and Building Community in Philadelphia One Vacant Lot at a Time -- Part V: Research on Urban Agriculture and Food Security -- Chapter 18. Case Studies of Urban Food Security Research: A Focus on Methodology -- Chapter 19. A Case Study: Native Perspectives of Gardening -- Chapter 20. A Case Study on Learning Gardens in an Urban Indigenous Community: Expanding the Scope of Learning -- Chapter 21. A Case Study: Growing Community Through Gardens on Chicago's Southwest Side -- Part VI: Urban Agriculture Programming and Education -- Non-Profit Organizations -- Chapter 22. Intense Urban Agriculture as a Tool to Educate and Build Communities: A Glance at What Farmer Frog is Doing in the Pacific Northwest -- Chapter 23. Ranier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands: Urban Farm Enterprise Creates Community Connections -- Chapter 24. Everyone at the Table: A Case Study of Garden-Raised Bounty (GRuB) -- Chapter 25. Seattle Youth Garden Works Empowers Urban Youth -- Chapter 26. Community Managed Open Space: A Case Study of Community Greening Resource Network, Baltimore, MD -- Part VII: Urban Agriculture Programming and Education: Cities, Universities, Entrepreneurs, and Religious Groups -- Chapter 27. Adult Education: A For-Profit Model at the Williams Street Farmhouse -- Chapter 28. Washington State University Pierce County Extension Master Gardener program: Volunteer Educators in Home Gardening and Environmental Stewardship -- Chapter 29. Seeds of Hope: An Integrated Vision of the Role of Agriculture for the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles -- Chapter 30. Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP) Horticulture Programs -- Chapter 31. A Case Study: Integrating Urban Agriculture into the Municipal Infrastructure in Tacoma, WA. Preface Chapter 1, Introduction: Faces of Agriculture; Bill Yosses Part I: Perspectives on Food Security and the Impacts of Urban Agriculture Chapter 2. Food Security and Urban Agriculture; Angie Tagtow Chapter 3. Urban Agriculture as a Resiliency Strategy; Steve Hallett Chapter 4. The Long Tradition of Urban Agriculture in the U.S. -- and its Future; Ken Meter Part II: Individual and Community Health Benefits of Urban Agriculture Chapter 5. Harvesting Health in the Garden; Katherine Alaimo, Caroline Crawford, and Liz Snyder Chapter 6. Social Health and Social Capital; Caroline Crawford and Katherine Alaimo Chapter 7. Urban Gardening Practices and Culture; Nancy Nix Chapter 8. Nature Contact, Health, and the Built Environment; Jerry Smith Chapter 9. A Case Study: The Discourse of Obesity and Public Health in Planning and Participation in New York City Gardens; Yolanda Gonzalez, Matthew Potteigger, Anne Bellows, Evan Weissman, and Carolin Mees Part III: Managing the Risks of Urban Agriculture Chapter 10. Assessing and Communicating the Risks (and Benefits) of Community Participation in Urban Agriculture; John F. Obrycki and Liz Snyder Chapter 11. Modeling to Predict High Pb Areas; Kirsten Schwarz Chapter 12. Screening for Soil Lead Using a Common Soil Test Method; John Obrycki, Kristen K. Minca, Nicholas T. Basta Chapter 13. Mechanisms to Reduce Risk Potential; Ganga M. Hettiarachchi, Chammi P. Attanayake, Philip P. Defoe, and Sabine E. Martin Chapter 14. A Case Study: Potential Health Risks Posed by Eating Eggs from Free Range Chickens in New York City; Henry M. Spliethoff Part IV: Democracy, Ethics, and Sovereignty in Urban Agriculture Chapter 15. Common Roots: Urban Agriculture's Potential for Cultivating Deep Democracy; David W. McIvor and James Hale Chapter 16. Ethics of Urban Agriculture; Gavin Van Horn Chapter 17. A Case Study of Spatial and Economic Sovereignty: Reclaiming Space and Building Community in Philadelphia One Vacant Lot at a Time; Brandon Hoover Part V: Research on Urban Agriculture and Food Security Chapter 18. Case Studies of Urban Food Security Research: A Focus on Methodology; Shannon Donovan, Liz Snyder, Renata Ballesteros-Lopez, Liza Root, Shaina Seidner, and Carol McCarty Chapter 19. A Case Study: Native Perspectives of Gardening; Megan Bang Chapter 20. A Case Study on Learning Gardens in an Urban Indigenous Community: Expanding the Scope of Learning; Megan Bang Chapter 21. A Case Study: Growing Community Through Gardens on Chicago's Southwest Side; Nicole Llorens-Monteserin and Howard Rosing Part VI: Urban Agriculture Programming and Education -- Non-Profit Organizations Chapter 22. Intense Urban Agriculture as a Tool to Educate and Build Communities: A Glance at What Farmer Frog is Doing in the Pacific Northwest; Zsofia Pasztor Chapter 23. Ranier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands: Urban Farm Enterprise Creates Community Connections; Katie Pencke Chapter 24. Everyone at the Table: A Case Study of Garden-Raised Bounty (GRuB); Katie Rains Chapter 25. Seattle Youth Garden Works Empowers Urban Youth; Tyler Hughes Chapter 26. Community Managed Open Space: A Case Study of Community Greening Resource Network, Baltimore, MD; Sarah Krones Part VII: Urban Agriculture Programming and Education: Cities, Universities, Entrepreneurs, and Religious Groups Chapter 27. Adult Education: A For-Profit Model at the Williams Street Farmhouse; Saskia Esslinger Chapter 28. Washington State University Pierce County Extension Master Gardener program: Volunteer Educators in Home Gardening and Environmental Stewardship; Kerri Wilson Chapter 29. Seeds of Hope: An Integrated Vision of the Role of Agriculture for the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles; Chapter 30. Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP) Horticulture Programs; Joslyn Trivett, Kelli Bush, Carol Elliott, Jaal Mann, Rodney Pond, Ed Tharp, Julie Vanneste, Dan Pacholke, and Carrie LeRoy Chapter 31. A Case Study: Integrating Urban Agriculture into the Municipal Infrastructure in Tacoma, WA; Sally Brown.
• Publisher Details: Dordrecht : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 405 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 630; Urban agriculture; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- General; Urban agriculture; Life Sciences; Agriculture; Urban Ecology; Sustainable Development; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789401774567; 9401774560; 9401774544; 9789401774543
• Related ISBNs: 9789401774543
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 24, 2016).
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