Urban Agroecology

Interdisciplinary Research and Future Directions
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-26001-9
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 253 mm, Gewicht: 684 g

Reihe: Advances in Agroecology

Today, 20 percent of the global food supply relies on urban agriculture: social-ecological systems shaped by both human and non-human interactions. This book shows how urban agroecologists measure flora and fauna that underpin the ecological dynamics of these systems, and how people manage and benefit from these systems. It explains how the sociopolitical landscape in which these systems are embedded can in turn shape the social, ecological, political, and economic dynamics within them. Synthesizing interdisciplinary approaches in urban agroecology in the natural and social sciences, the book explores methodologies and new directions in research that can be adopted by scholars and practitioners alike.

With contributions from researchers utilizing both social and natural science approaches, Urban Agroecology describes the current social-environmental understandings of the science, the movement and the practices in urban agroecology. By investigating the role of agroecology in cities, the book calls for the creation of spaces for food to be sustainably grown in urban spaces: an Urban Agriculture (UA) movement. Essential reading for graduate students, practitioners, policy makers and researchers, this book charts the course for accelerating this movement.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Professional Training

Autoren/Hrsg.

Egerer, Monika

Cohen, Hamutahl

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Agrarsoziologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Forstwirtschaft, Forstwissenschaft
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Klimawandel, Globale Erwärmung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umwelttechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Role of Agroecology in Cities.1. An expanded scope of biodiversity in urban agriculture, with implications for conservation 2. Complex ecological interactions and ecosystem services in urban agroecosystems 3. Climate factors and climate change in urban agroecosystems 4. Restoring soil and supporting food sovereignty in an urbanizing world: An interdisciplinary perspective 5. Urban foraging: Where cultural knowledge and local biodiversity meet 6. Agroecology as Public Health: The island example of Tasmania 7. From individual seeds to collective harvests: urban agroecology as political action 8. Surveying the landscape of urban agriculture’s land politics: Civic, ecological, heritage-based, justice-driven, and market-oriented fields 9. Co-producing agro-food policies for urban environments: towards agroecology-oriented local food systems 10. Holistic pedagogies for social change: reflections from an urban agroecology farmer training 11. Growing Together: Participatory Approaches in Urban Agriculture Extension 12. How to study the ecology of food in the city: an overview of natural science methodologies 13. Navigating Urban Agroecological Research with the Social Sciences 14. Agroecological transformations in urban contexts: transdisciplinary research frameworks and participatory approaches in Burlington, Vermont 15. Multidimensional challenges in urban agricultural research.Future Directions in Urban Agroecology

Über Autor(innen)

Monika Egerer is a tenure-track professor in Urban Productive Ecosystems in the School of Life Sciences at the Technical University of Munich. Her research investigates relationships between biodiversity conservation, ecosystem service provision, and human wellbeing in urban agroecosystems. Her work aims to bridge theory and practice to create productive systems in cities that offer food, habitat and community.

Hamutahl Cohen is a postdoctoral researcher in Entomology at the University of California, Riverside. Her research investigates drivers of insect declines in changing urban landscapes and the subsequent impacts to ecosystem services in farms and gardens. She leverages natural ecology and molecular and microbial methodologies to address questions of applied significance for promoting food security.