Rooftop Urban Agriculture

Rooftop Urban Agriculture edited by Francesco Orsini, Marielle Dubbeling, Henk de Zeeuw, Giorgio Gianquinto.

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Orsini, Francesco (Editor), Dubbeling, Marielle (Editor), de Zeeuw, Henk (Editor), Gianquinto, Giorgio (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Urban Agriculture,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Agriculture.
Regional planning.
Urban planning.
Urban ecology (Biology).
Climatology.
Urban economics.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Part 1) The status and challenges of rooftop agriculture
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. A panorama of rooftop agriculture types
  • 3. Rooftop Farming Policy
  • Part 2) Design of rooftop agriculture systems
  • 4. Elements of rooftop agriculture design
  • 5. Soil based and simplified hydroponics rooftop gardens
  • 6. Technology for Rooftop Greenhouses
  • 7. Rooftop aquaponics
  • 8 Integrating rooftop agriculture into urban infrastructure
  • Part 3) Rooftop agriculture Management
  • 9. Water Management and irrigation systems
  • 10. Managing mineral nutrition in soilless culture
  • 11 Sustainable pest management
  • 12. Produce quality and safety
  • Part 4) Multifunctional Rooftop Agriculture
  • 13. Rooftop agriculture for improved food and nutrition security
  • 14. Biodiversity of flora and fauna
  • 15. Resilience to climate change
  • 16. Resource Efficiency and Waste Avoidance
  • 17. Community building and social justice aspects of rooftop agriculture
  • 18. Designing green corridors network within cities: a case study in Vienna
  • Part 5) A geography of rooftop agriculture in 20 projects
  • 19 Introduction
  • 19.1 Cases
  • 19.1.2 Amman, Jordan - Mixed micro-farming on top of residential houses
  • 19.1.2 Bangkok, Thailand - Energaia: rooftop production of spirulina
  • 19.1.3 Barcelona, Spain - RTG-Lab, an experimental integrated rooftop greenhouse
  • 19.1.4 Bengaluru, India – An organic terrace gardening
  • 19.1.15 Bologna, Italy - The community rooftop garden of Via Gandusio
  • 19.1.6 Boston, United States - Fenway Farms: a restaurant garden on a baseball stadium roof
  • 19.1.7 Cairo, Egypt – Rooftop farming in informal settlements
  • 19.1.8 Chicago, United States - Gotham Greens: the largest rooftop greenhouse in the world
  • 19.1.9 Cincinnati, United States - The Rothenberg Rooftop Garden School; Byrna Bass, Edwin “Pope” Coleman
  • 19.1.10 Gaza, Palestine - Rooftop aquaponics for family nutrition in the Gaza Strip
  • 19.1.11 Hong Kong, China - Rooftop Republic at Fringe Club: an educational rooftop garden
  • 19.1.12. Lima, Peru - Small-scale hydroponics in Villa El Salvador: the case of Ms Esther Flores
  • 19.1.13. Melbourne, Australia - Fed Square Pop-Up Patch: a small-scale commercial allotment rooftop garden
  • 19.1.14. Montreal, Canada - Culti-Vert, the productive green roof of Palais des congrès
  • 19.1.15. Sao Paulo, Brazil - The Eldorado Shopping Centre rooftop garden
  • 19.1.16. Singapore, Singapore - Spectra edible learning rooftop garden
  • 19.1.17. Singapore, Singapore - ComCrop, a commercial aquaponics rooftop farm
  • 5.2.18. The Hague, The Netherlands - UrbanFarmers de Schilde: a commercial aquaponic farm and the largest rooftop farm in Europe
  • 19.1.19. Toluca, Mexico - A small-scale commercial rooftop greenhouse
  • 19.1.20. Toronto, Canada - Ryerson Urban Farm, Toronto: an educational rooftop garden
  • Part 6) Conclusions
  • Index.

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