Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes

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Synopsis

This book on urban design extends and develops the widely accepted 'compact city' solution. It provides a design proposal for a new kind of sustainable urban landscape: Urban Agriculture. By growing food within an urban rather than exclusively rural environment, urban agriculture would reduce the need for industrialized production, packaging and transportation of foodstuffs to the city dwelling consumers. The revolutionary and innovative concepts put forth in this book have potential to shape the future of our cities quality of life within them. Urban design is shown in practice through international case studies and the arguments presented are supported by quantified economic, environmental and social justifications.

Book details

Author:
Andre Viljoen, Joe Howe
ISBN:
9781136414329
Related ISBNs:
9780080454528, 9781138135949, 9781138135949, 9780750655439, 9780750655439
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Pages:
304
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2020-05-07
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2005
Copyright by:
N/A 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Art and Architecture, Home and Garden, Nonfiction, Politics and Government, Science, Technology