Designing Urban Agriculture (PDF)

A comprehensive overview of edible landscapes--complete
with more than 300 full-color photos and illustrations

Designing Urban Agriculture 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.

This 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.

This unique and indispensable guide:

* Details how to plan, design, fund, construct, and leverage the
sustainability aspects of the edible landscape typology

* Covers 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

* Explains 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

* Examines the integration of management, maintenance, and
operations issues

* Reveals how to create a business model enterprise that
addresses a lifecycle approach