{"product_id":"designing-urban-agriculture-isbn-9781118073834","title":"Designing Urban Agriculture","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive overview of edible landscapes—complete with more than 300 full-color photos and illustrations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesigning Urban Agriculture\u003c\/i\u003e is about the intersection of ecology, design, and community. Showcasing projects and designers from around the world who are forging new paths to the sustainable city through urban agriculture landscapes, it creates a dialogue on the ways to invite food back into the city and pave a path to healthier communities and environments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis full-color guide begins with a foundation of ecological principles and the idea that the food shed is part of a city's urban systems network. It outlines a design process based on systems thinking and developed for a lifecycle or regenerative-based approach. It also presents strategies, tools, and guidelines that enable informed decisions on planning, designing, budgeting, constructing, maintaining, marketing, and increasing the sustainability of this re-invented cityscape. Case studies demonstrate the environmental, economic, and social value of these landscapes and reveal paths to a greener and healthier urban environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis unique and indispensable guide:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDetails how to plan, design, fund, construct, and leverage the sustainability aspects of the edible landscape typology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers over a dozen typologies including community gardens, urban farms, edible estates, green roofs and vertical walls, edible school yards, seed to table, food landscapes within parks, plazas, streetscapes and green infrastructure systems and more\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains how to design regenerative edible landscapes that benefit both community and ecology and explores the connections between food, policy, and planning that promote viable food shed systems for more resilient communities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the integration of management, maintenance, and operations issues\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReveals how to create a business model enterprise that addresses a lifecycle approach\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 Food Cities: Ecology + Urban Agriculture 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLafayette Greens, Detroit 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBar Agricole, San Francisco 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCity Slicker Farms, Oakland 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eViet Village, New Orleans 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBig City Farms, Baltimore 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 Planning Strategies for Urban Food Systems 41\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrairie Crossing, Grayslake 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRiver Falls Eco Village, River Falls 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVerge Sidewalk Garden, Charlottesville 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScent of Orange, Chongqing 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 Vision, Synthesis, and Form 87\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVilla Augustus, Dordrecht 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMiller Creek Edible Garden and Outdoor Kitchen, San Rafael 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2001 Market Street, San Francisco 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGary Comer Youth Center, Chicago 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 Systems Integration and Connections 133\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMedlock Ames Wine Tasting Room, Healdsburg 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOur School at Blair Grocery, New Orleans 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncredible Edible House, prototype 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScience Barge, Yonkers, New York 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBanyan Street Manor, Honolulu 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5 Lifecycle Operations 181\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDie Plantage, Munich 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMUSC Urban Fram, Charleston 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRiverpark Farm, Manhattan 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVF Outdoors Campus, Alameda 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSacred Heart Organic Garden, Atherton 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSlow Food Nation Victory Garden, San Francisco 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 Outreach and Community 227\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAtlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban Food Jungle, prototype 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpo 2015, Milan 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlemany Farms, San Francisco 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eP-Patch Gardens, Seattle 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlide Church, San Francisco 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGotham Greens, Brooklyn 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImage credits 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 273\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAPRIL PHILIPS, RLA, FASLA,\u003c\/b\u003e is founder and principal of April Philips Design Works, an award-winning Bay Area firm that specializes in landscape architecture and urban ecology. Her notable projects include Union Square, Santana Row, Peet's Coffee and Tea Roasting Facility, 2001 Market Street, VF Outdoor Campus, and Oakland Memorial Park. Her recent work includes the incorporation of urban edibles and increasing habitat in the urban realm.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive overview of edible landscapes—complete with more than 300 full-color photos and illustrations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesigning Urban Agriculture\u003c\/i\u003e is about the intersection of ecology, design, and community. 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