Small scale soil-less urban agriculture in Europe

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    • Caputo, Silvio

書誌事項

Small scale soil-less urban agriculture in Europe

Silvio Caputo

(Urban Agriculture / series editors, Christine Aubry, Éric Duchemin, Joe Nasr)

Springer, c2022

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

This Monograph focuses on the new approaches that urban agriculture offers to grow food in cities. The author paints a dynamic picture of soil-less and indoor techniques that are currently emerging. A growing number of small scale community-led and entrepreneurial initiatives are using such techniques for diverse objectives: to increase resource efficiency; to strengthen food security; to educate and inform or to exploit new market opportunities. The described studies demonstrate how technologies that are typically used in high-tech food production can also be harnessed in small projects to generate social and economic benefits at a local level. The author puts a focus on three aspects: to outline the context within which small scale soil-less urban agriculture is developing in Europe; to give an overview of the state-of-the-art of projects focusing on this area through case study analysis and to elaborate on emerging questions. Such questions include: is the use of soil-less urban agriculture changing the relationship with, and perception of, what is natural and sustainable for urban farmers and small enterprises working in this sector? What is the perceived potential of these soil-less and indoor forms of urban agriculture to meet environmental, social and economic goals? By answering these and other questions, the volume is a valuable resource for researchers in agriculture and sustainability, as well as urban farmers.

目次

Chapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2. Recent developments in urban agriculture. 2.1 - Community-based urban agriculture 2.2. - Metabolic urban agriculture 2.3 - Experimental urban agriculture 2.4 - Profiles of gardeners Chapter 3. The broader debate on Science, Technology, Society and Food. 3.1. Overview 3.2. Policy and the promotion of Science and Technology 3.3. New approaches to the production of technology 3.4. Technology and food production Chapter 4. Histories, techniques and technologies of soul-less cultivation. 4.1. Hydroponics. 4.1.1. Introduction 4.1.2. Modern hydroponics 4.1.3. Hydroponic systems: functioning and technologies 4.1.3.1. Nutrient solution 4.1.3.2. Ph 4.1.3.3. Oxygen and temperature 4.1.4. Types of hydroponic systems 4.1.4.1. Deep Water Culture 4.1.4.2. Nutrient Film Technique 4.1.4.3. Aeroponics 4.1.4.4. Vertical farming 4.1.4.5. Flood and Ebb 4.1.5. Types of simplified hydroponics 4.1.6. Productivity 4.1.7. Policy context 4.1.8. Market context 4.2. Aquaponics. 4.2.1. Introduction 4.2.2. History 4.2.3. Aquaponic systems: functioning and technologies 4.2.3.1. Filters 4.2.3.2. Biofilters 4.2.3.3. Temperature and other factors 4.2.3.4. Animal wellbeing 4.2.4. Coupled aquaponic systems 4.2.5. Decoupled aquaponic systems 4.2.6. Productivity 4.2.7. Policy context 4.2.8. Market context 4.3. Mushroom Farming. 4.3.1. Background and history 4.3.2. Mushroom farming: functioning and technologies 4.3.2.1. Spawning 4.3.2.2. Substrate sterilisation 4.3.2.3. Climate control 4.3.3. Environmental efficiency, productivity and market context Chapter 5. Methodology of the study: how success is measured. 5.1. General methodology 5.2. Scope of evaluation Chapter 6. Case studies. 6.1. El Milagro de los peces 6.2. Asociacion Huerto Lazo 6.3. Real Food Wythenshawe / Geodome 6.4. UGH / Die Urbanisten 6.5. Mangrovia Scicli 6.6. Bioaqua Farm 6.7. Smart Farmers 6.8. GROWx 6.9. Farms that closed. 6.9.1. Unit 84 / GrowUp Urban Farms 6.9.2. Bristol Fish Project 6.10. RotterZwam 6.11. Small mushroom farms 6.11.1 Trueffelwerk 6.11.2 Containing mushrooms 6.12. Educational organisations 6.12.1. Sow the City 6.12.2. Hemmaodlat Chapter 7. The web community of soil-less farmers: a case study (authors: Valentina Manente and Silvio Caputo). 7.1. Introduction 7.2. Methodology and results 7.3. Discussion 7.3.1. Practical motivations 7.3.2. Quality of food produced 7.3.3. Relationship with technology 7.3.4. Commercial reasons and other observations Chapter 8. Discussion: analysing the case studies and the wider phenomenon of small scale soil-less urban agriculture. 8.1. Introduction 8.2. Motivations 8.2.1. Education 8.2.2. Self-supply 8.2.3. Commercial motivations 8.2.4. Sustainable food production 8.2.5. Environment 8.2.6. Technology 8.3. Outcomes 8.3.1. Small enterprises 8.3.2. Community-led projects 8.4. Productivity 8.5. Environmental performance Chapter 9 - Conclusions and future steps. 9.1. Context 9.2. Technology 9.3. Agricultural industry 9.4. Urban agriculture and soil-less technologies 9.5. Urban soil-less future scenarios 9.6. Unnatural 9.7. Small and big, urban waste and final remarks.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BC15830203
  • ISBN
    • 9783030999612
  • 出版国コード
    sz
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Cham
  • ページ数/冊数
    xii, 244 p.
  • 大きさ
    25 cm
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