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Growing better cities : urban agriculture for sustainable development / by Luc J.A. Mougeot.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: In focus (International Development Research Centre (Canada))Publication details: Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, ©2006.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 97 pages) : color mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781552502426
  • 1552502422
Other title:
  • Urban agriculture for sustainable development
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Growing better cities.DDC classification:
  • 338.1/09172/4091732 22
LOC classification:
  • S494.5.U72 M68 2006eb
Other classification:
  • cci1icc
  • coll11
  • coll14
Online resources:
Contents:
The issue -- The approach -- Experiences from the field -- Learning from experience.
Summary: The United Nations predicts that over the next 25 years nearly all population growth will be in the cities of the developing world. At current rates, 60% of the world's total population will live in cities by 2030. As the cities grow, so does the number of urban poor. Unemployment, hunger, and malnutrition are commonplace. In the big city, most of any cash income the poor might bring home goes to feeding themselves and staying alive; any food that does not have to be bought is a bonus. As a result, more and more people are attempting to grow at least some of their own food to supplement poor ...
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Issued also in French under title: Cultiver de meilleures villes, agriculture urbaine et développement durable.

The United Nations predicts that over the next 25 years nearly all population growth will be in the cities of the developing world. At current rates, 60% of the world's total population will live in cities by 2030. As the cities grow, so does the number of urban poor. Unemployment, hunger, and malnutrition are commonplace. In the big city, most of any cash income the poor might bring home goes to feeding themselves and staying alive; any food that does not have to be bought is a bonus. As a result, more and more people are attempting to grow at least some of their own food to supplement poor ...

Includes bibliographical references.

The issue -- The approach -- Experiences from the field -- Learning from experience.

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