Global urban agriculture : convergence of theory and practice between North and South

There has been growing attention to urban agriculture (UA) worldwide because of its role in making cities more sustainable from an environmental perspective while also contributing to the role farming and gardening in the city contribute to social justice. This edited volume brings together current research and case material about urban agriculture from both the Global North (GN) and the Global South (GS), revealing greater areas of overlap than difference both theoretically and substantively, and that research in one area can help inform the other. It explains how urban agriculture supports livelihoods, provides ecosystem services and community development; its contribution to social capital, networks, and agro-biodiversity conservation. Global Urban Agriculture -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- References -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Defining and Theorizing Global Urban Agriculture -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Defining Urban Agriculture (UA) -- 1.3 Theoretical Framing -- 1.4 Summary -- 1.5 Outline of the Book -- References -- 2 A View from the South: Bringing Critical Planning Theory to Urban Agriculture -- 2.1 Introduction: Re-framing Urban Agriculture -- 2.2 Urban Agriculture as a Component of Urban Food Systems -- 2.2.1 Definition: urban and peri-urban agriculture -- 2.2.2 Definition: food systems -- 2.2.3 Definition: food environments -- 2.3 Urban Agriculture as an Urban Process -- 2.3.1 Gender and women in urban agriculture -- 2.3.2 The heterogeneity of urban agriculture reflects the variability in cities -- 2.3.3 The impact of global processes on city food provisioning -- 2.4 Linking Food Security and Urban Agriculture Differently -- 2.4.1 An urban planning research agenda: making sense of urban food systems -- 2.5 Conclusion - Resiliency as a Guide -- Notes -- References -- 3 North American Urban Agriculture: Barriers and Benefits -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Varied Forms of Urban Agriculture's Resurgence -- 3.3 Themes in Urban Agriculture -- 3.3.1 Food access, economic savings and health -- 3.3.2 Education, civic engagement and community development -- 3.3.3 Food justice and critical food studies -- 3.3.4 Ecosystem services -- 3.4 Barriers and Benefits to Urban Agriculture in Santa Clara County, California -- 3.4.1 Community gardens -- 3.4.2 Home gardens -- 3.4.3 Urban farms -- 3.4.4 School gardens -- 3.5 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4 A Survey of Urban Community Gardeners in the USA -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Community Gardens -- 4.2.1 Community gardens in the Global North and Global South -- 4.3 Community Garden Research There has been growing attention paid to urban agriculture worldwide because of its role in making cities more environmentaly sustainable while also contributing to enhanced food access and social justice. This edited volume brings together current research and case studies concerning urban agriculture from both the Global North and the Global South. Its objective is to help bridge the long-standing divide between discussion of urban agriculture in the Global North and the Global South and to demonstrate that today there are greater areas of overlap than there are differences both theoretically and substantively, and that research in either area can help inform research in the other. The book covers the nature of urban agriculture and how it supports livelihoods, provides ecosystem services, and community development. It also considers urban agriculture and social capital, networks, and agro-biodiversity conservation. Concepts such as sustainability, resilience, adaptation and community, and the value of urban agriculture as a recreational resource are explored. It also examines, quite fundamentally, why people farm in the city and how urban agriculture can contribute to more sustainable cities in both the Global North and the Global South. Key Features: · One of the first volumes to bring together evidence from urban agriculture in the Global North and the Global South · Explores the contribution of urban agriculture to livelihoods, ecosystems and conservation · Numerous case studies examine a very diverse range of urban agriculture systems Written by an internationally-recognized expert in the field of quality management, this text is an essential guide for understanding how to plan and implement a successful quality measurement program in your healthcare facility. It begins by presenting an overview of the context for quality measurement, the forces influencing the demand for quality reform, how to listen to the voice of the customer, and the characteristics of quality that customers value most. Students will also learn how to select and define indicators to collect data and how to organize data into a dashboard that can provide feedback on progress toward quality measurement. Finally, this book explores how to analyze the data by detailing how variation lives in your data, and whether this variation is acceptable. Case studies are provided to demonstrate how quality measurement can be applied to clinical as well as operational aspects of healthcare delivery Urban agriculture is crucial to the environmental sustainability of cities, but the issues facing cities in the global north and south have been seen as unlinked. This book brings together evidence from both areas to highlight the interconnectedness and the contribution to social justice.