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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Choice Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Rosan, Christina.     Subjects     Urban agriculture.     Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.     Sustainable agriculture.     Sustainable agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.     Sustainable urban development.     Sustainable urban development -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Rosan, Christina.       by title:      Growing a sustainabl...       by call number:      630.91732 R788g     Search the Web     Rosan, Christina.     Urban agriculture.     Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.     Sustainable agriculture.     Sustainable agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.     Sustainable urban development.     Sustainable urban development -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.       MARC Display

Growing a sustainable city? : the question of urban agriculture / Christina D. Rosan and Hamil Pearsall. by Rosan, Christina. University of Toronto Press, 2017. Call #: 630.91732 R788g Subjects Urban agriculture.   Urban agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.   Sustainable agriculture.   Sustainable agriculture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies.   Sustainable urban development.   Sustainable urban development -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies. Series UTP insights. ISBN:  9781442628557 (pbk.) 9781442650619 (hc.) Alternate title:  Sustainable city? : the question of urban agriculture Description:  198 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-185) and index. Contents:  Introduction : The dilemma of urban agriculture -- The rise of urban agriculture as a short-term strategy (1893-1980) -- The agendas of urban agriculture at its peak (1990-2000s) -- The politics of urban agriculture in sustainability planning -- "New growers" making sense of their role -- Putting growing in the city in perspective -- Transitioning towards a sustainable future? Summary:  A critical analysis of the development of urban agriculture policies and their role in making post-industrial cities more sustainable. This intriguing and illuminating case study of Philadelphia reveals how growing in the city has become a symbol of urban economic revitalization, sustainability, and, increasingly, gentrification. Includes interviews with urban farmers, gardeners, and city officials, and reveals that the transition to "sustainability" is marked by a series of tensions along race, class, and generational lines. The book evaluates the role of urban agriculture in sustainability planning and policy by placing it within the context of a large city struggling to manage competing sustainability objectives. They highlight the challenges and opportunities of institutionalizing urban agriculture into formal city policy. Rosan and Pearsall tell the story of change and growing pains as a city attempts to reinvent itself as sustainable, livable, and economically competitive. Christina D. Rosan is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University. Other authors:  Pearsall, Hamil. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 630.91732 R788g Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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