Sowing seeds in the city. Ecosystem and municipal services / [Volume 1] ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Sowing seeds in the city; Ecosystem and municipal services
• Further Information: Note: Sally Brown, Kristen McIvor, Elizabeth Hodges Snyder, editors.
• Editors: Brown, Sally; McIvor, Kristen; Snyder, Elizabeth Hodges
• Contents: Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Ecosystem Services from Urban Agriculture in the City of the Future -- Part I: Soil and Water Resources -- Chapter 2: Soil Formation and Nutrient Cycling -- Chapter 3: A Guide to Types of Non Potable Water and the Potential for Reuse in Urban Systems -- Chapter 4: Graywater Reuse For Irrigation: Benefits and Potential Hazards -- Chapter 5: Planting Abundance: Alternative Water Sources for Urban Farms -- Part II: Ecosystem Services -- Waste Treatment -- Chapter 6: The Role of Organic Residuals in Urban Agriculture -- Chapter 7: Municipal Food Waste Management Options: Climate and Economic Impacts -- Chapter 8: Food Waste Composting in Seattle: The Political Perspective -- Chapter 9: Cedar Grove Compost: Developing a Combined Food- Yard Waste Centralized Composting Program -- Part III: Ecosystem Services -- Climate Regulation -- Chapter 10: Soils and Climate Change -- Chapter 11: Soil Carbon Sequestration and Organic Wastes -- Chapter 12: Lettuce to Reduce Greenhouse Gases: A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Conventional and Community Agriculture -- Part IV: Ecosystem Services -- Habitat -- Chapter 13: Basics of Microbial Ecology and Function in Urban Agriculture -- Chapter 14: Urban Microbiomes and Urban Agriculture: What Are The Connections and Why Should We Care? -- Chapter 15: Wild Bees in Cultivated City Gardens -- Chapter 16: Urban Agriculture as Habitat for Birds -- Chapter 17: Improving the Suitability of Urban Farms for Wildlife -- Part V: Ecosystem Services -- Food Production -- Chapter 18: How Much Can You Grow? Quantifying Yield in a Community Garden Plot: One Family's Experience -- Chapter 19: Applying Permaculture in Alaska: The Williams Street Farmhouse -- Chapter 20: Seed Libraries -- Chapter 21: Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) and Aquaponics for Urban Food Production, with a Pictorial Guide to Aquaponics -- Part VI: Integration into Municipal Infrastructure -- Location Options -- Chapter 22: Community Garden Basics -- Chapter 23: Up on the Roof: Considerations for Food Production on Rooftops -- Chapter 24: Brownfields as Sites for Urban Farms -- Chapter 25: Curbside Gardens -- Part VII: Integration into Municipal Infrastructure -- Zoning and Legal Considerations -- Chapter 26: Zoning and Urban Agriculture in Michigan -- Chapter 27: Urban Agriculture in Portland, Oregon: 2002-2012 -- Chapter 28: Legalizing Commercial Agriculture in Boston: A Logical Step Towards Integrating Farming Into Urban Life.
• Publisher Details: Dordrecht New York : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 407 pages), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 630.9173/20973; Urban agriculture -- United States; Urban ecology (Biology) -- United States; Urban agriculture; Urban ecology (Biology); United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789401774536; 9401774536
• Related ISBNs: 9789401774512; 940177451X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 4, 2016).
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