Can I read Creating Urban Agriculture Systems : an Integrated Approach to Design on EtoBox?

Creating Urban Agriculture Systems : an Integrated Approach to Design by Proksch, Gundula is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Creating Urban Agriculture Systems : an Integrated Approach to Design about?

Creating Urban Agricultural Systems provides you with background, expertise, and inspiration for designing with urban agriculture. It shows you how to grow food in buildings and cities, operate growing systems, and integrate them with natural cycles and existing infrastructures. It teaches you the essential environmental inputs and operational strategies of urban farms, and inspires community and design tools for innovative operations and sustainable urban environments that produce fresh, local food. Over 70 projects and 16 in-depth case studies of productive, integrated systems, located in North America, Europe, and Asia, are organized by their emphasis on nutrient, water and energy management, farm operation, community integration, and design approaches so that you can see innovative strategies in action. Interviews with leading architecture firms, including WORKac, Kiss + Cathcart, Weber Thompson, CJ Lim and Studio 8, and SOA Architects, highlight the challenges and rewards you face when creating urban agriculture systems. Catalogs of growing and building systems, a glossary, bibliography, and abstracts will help you find information fast.--COVER. Read more...

Who reads Creating Urban Agriculture Systems : an Integrated Approach to Design?

Author

Proksch, Gundula

Publisher

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781317751557

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Agriculture, Engineering, Stem