Urban Agriculture: Diverse Activities and Benefits for City Society

Contents......Page 2
GUEST EDITORIAL: Challenging, multidimensional agriculture in cities......Page 4
COMMENTARY: Food price volatility and the urban poor......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
Context......Page 9
Knowledge gaps in urban agriculture......Page 10
Priorities for future research......Page 16
References......Page 18
Urban green in history......Page 21
The social dimension of useful urban green......Page 22
Urban agriculture in developing countries......Page 23
A prospective view for urban greenspaces......Page 24
References......Page 26
Methodology......Page 27
Project descriptions......Page 30
Results......Page 34
Discussion......Page 37
Conclusions......Page 38
References......Page 39
Introduction......Page 41
Origins of SEHTUA......Page 42
SEHTUA partners and organization......Page 45
SEHTUA implementation......Page 48
Dissemination activities and preliminary results......Page 50
References......Page 52
Introduction......Page 55
Theoretical framework: the two paradigms of agriculture......Page 56
Methodology and methods: a case study of Fourfold Farm CSA......Page 57
Discussion......Page 58
References......Page 61
The vision splendid......Page 63
How has that vision fared?......Page 64
The emergence of public attention on the promotion and marketing of local food......Page 66
International concepts and trends for sustainable UA in the Sydney Basin......Page 68
Conclusion......Page 71
References......Page 72
Introduction......Page 73
Methodology......Page 74
Results of stage 1: preliminary analysis......Page 76
Results of stage 2: participation of primary producers......Page 80
References......Page 85
Introduction......Page 87
Constraints affecting urban crop production......Page 88
References......Page 92
Limitations and opportunities for policy support......Page 95
Sanitation sector on the verge of collapse......Page 96
Irrigated urban agriculture and public health......Page 97
Pollution reduction......Page 99
Solid waste management......Page 100
Health care......Page 101
References......Page 103
Introduction......Page 105
Metro Vancouver and the Agricultural Land Reserve......Page 106
Agriculture on the edge......Page 107
A planning tool proposed......Page 110
The key......Page 111
Reaction to The Edge paper......Page 112
Envisioning a preferred future......Page 113
Conclusions......Page 114
References......Page 115
The current paradigm......Page 117
An issues-based framework......Page 119
Land use and buildings as the keystone......Page 121
References......Page 126