Sustainable urban agriculture and forestation : the edible connected city

Sustainable urban agriculture and forestation : the edible connected city

Current global agricultural practices are recognized as unsustainable. The increase in overall human population as well as the global trend of rural to urban migration, partially as a result of historically and continual unsustainable agricultural practices, exacerbates the vicious cycle of poverty...

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Main Author: Durant, Valerie A.
Other Authors: Landman, Karina
Published: University of Pretoria 2013
Subjects:
Cpuaf
Density
Urban heat island effects
Water
Waste
Continuously productive
Urban agriculture and forestation
Climate change
Interrelatedness
Sustainability
Global food crisis
Global population growth
Food security
Food systems strategy
Urban agriculture
Urban forest management
Urban heat island
Ecological footprint
Adaptive systems
Public participation
Intensive green roofs
Vertical farming
Ecosystem services
Green infrastructure
Agro ecology
UCTD
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26246
Durant, VA 2012, Sustainable urban agriculture and forestation : the edible connected city , MTRP dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26246 >
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07122013-112324/

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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26246
Durant, VA 2012, Sustainable urban agriculture and forestation : the edible connected city , MTRP dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26246 >
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07122013-112324/

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