Urban Agriculture for Growing City Regions: Connecting Urban-Rural Spheres in Casablanca

Synopsis

This book demonstrates how agriculture can play a determining role in integrated, climate-optimised urban development. Agriculture within urban growth centres today is more than an economic or social left-over or a niche practice. It is instead a complex system that offers multiple potentials for interaction with the urban system. Urban open space and agriculture can be linked to a productive green infrastructure – this forms new urban-rural linkages in the urbanizing region and helps shape the city. But in order to do this, agriculture has to be seen as an integral part of the urban fabric and it has to be put on the local agenda. Urban Agriculture for Growing City Regions takes the example of Casablanca, one of the fastest growing cities in North Africa, to investigate this approach. The creation of synergies between the urban and rural in an emerging megacity is demonstrated through pilot projects, design solutions, and multifunctional modules. These synergies assure greater resource efficiency; particularly regarding the use and reuse of water, and they strengthen regional food security and the social integration of multiple spheres. A transdisciplinary research approach brings together different scientific disciplines and local actors into a process of integrated knowledge production. The book will have a long lasting legacy and is essential reading for researchers, planners, practitioners and policy makers who are working on urban development and urban agricultural strategies.

Copyright:

2015

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

570 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781317910121

Related ISBNs:

9781315849522, 9780367670009, 9780415825016

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

11/30/23

Copyrighted By:

Selection and editorial material, Undine Giseke, Maria Gerster-Bentaya, Frank Helten, Matthias Kraume, Dieter Scherer, Guido Spars, Fouad Amraoui, Abdelaziz Adidi, Said Berdouz, Mohamed Chlaida, Majid Mansour and Mohamed Mdafai

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Politics and Government

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Edited by:

Undine Giseke

Edited by:

Maria Gerster-Bentaya

Edited by:

Frank Helten

Edited by:

Matthias Kraume

Edited by:

Dieter Scherer

Edited by:

Guido Spars

Edited by:

Fouad Amraoui

Edited by:

Abdelaziz Adidi

Edited by:

Said Berdouz

Edited by:

Mohemed Chlaida

Edited by:

Majid Mansour

Edited by:

Mohamed Mdafai