Creating Urban Agriculture 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/Studio 8; and SOA Architectes; 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.
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