Designing Urban Agriculture: A Complete Guide to the Planning, Design, Construction, Maintenance and Management of Edible Landscapes

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A comprehensive overview of fit to be eaten landscapes—complete with more than 300 full-color photos and illustrations

Designing Urban Agriculture is in regards to the intersection of ecology, design, and community. Showcasing projects and designers from around the globe who’re forging new paths to the sustainable city through urban agriculture landscapes, it creates a dialogue at the how you can invite food back into the city and pave a path to healthier communities and environments.

This full-color guide begins with a foundation of ecological principles and the concept that the food shed is a part of a city’s urban systems network. It outlines a design process in response to systems thinking and developed for a lifecycle or regenerative-based approach. It also presents strategies, tools, and guidelines that enable informed decisions on planning, designing, budgeting, constructing, maintaining, marketing, and increasing the sustainability of this re-invented cityscape. Case studies demonstrate the environmental, economic, and social value of these landscapes and reveal paths to a greener and healthier urban environment.

This unique and indispensable guide:

  • Details find out how to plan, design, fund, construct, and leverage the sustainability aspects of the fit to be eaten landscape typology
  • Covers over a dozen typologies including community gardens, urban farms, fit to be eaten estates, green roofs and vertical walls, fit to be eaten school yards, seed to table, food landscapes within parks, plazas, streetscapes and green infrastructure systems and more
  • Explains find out how to design regenerative fit to be eaten landscapes that benefit both community and ecology and explores the connections between food, policy, and planning that promote viable food shed systems for more resilient communities
  • Examines the integration of management, maintenance, and operations issues
  • Reveals find out how to create a business model enterprise that addresses a lifecycle approach

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