Samantha Sharma: Urban Agriculture in Practice, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Blurb

The future of food begins in the city. While global supply chains are coming under pressure and climate change is increasingly challenging agricultural production, a new understanding of agriculture is emerging in the heart of urban spaces - local, technology-based, socially anchored and ecologically responsible. Urban agriculture is much more than just gardening on rooftops or planting beds in backyards. It represents a fundamentally new logic of food production that combines urban development, innovation, the common good and sustainability. This book analyzes urban agriculture as an independent social phenomenon that opens up new ways of professional self-realization, taking technological, planning, economic and social dimensions into account in equal measure. It shows how urban agriculture can become a strategic lever for resilient cities and sustainable food systems in times of digitalization, resource scarcity and social polarization. Numerous practical examples, business models, funding programs and political recommendations for action make the work a comprehensive compendium for decision-makers, founders, urban planners, scientists and committed citizens. With a look at international developments and a clear focus on the structural conditions and potential of urban agriculture, this book sheds light on the big questions of the present - and outlines concrete, feasible answers for the city of tomorrow. Anyone who wants to know how food, work and city life can be rethought in the 21st century will find well-founded orientation, creative inspiration and an analytically sound compass in this book. Bremen University Press has published over 4, 500 reference books in various languages since 2005. 1st edition 2025