Editors:
- Provides comprehensive information on new and advanced tools and techniques in urban horticulture
- Presents peer-reviewed contributions from leading academics and researchers around the world in the field of urban horticulture technologies
- Covers a wide array of topics on urban horticulture of interest to students, professors, researchers, builders, and agriculturists concerned with city planning, biodiversity, and the sustainable dev
- elopment of horticultural resources
Part of the book series: Sustainable Development and Biodiversity (SDEB, volume 18)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Urban Horticulture Tools and Techniques
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Urban Landscaping and Design
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Local Food and Horticulture Education
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Back Matter
About this book
This book provides comprehensive information on the rapidly developing field of urban horticulture for sustainable use of land resources and creating a better environment. It presents peer-reviewed chapters from leading international researchers in the field of horticulture technologies, environmental issues, urban horticulture, and landscaping and its role in society. It covers a wide array of topics on this subject and constitutes a valuable reference guide for students, professors, researchers, builders, and agriculturists concerned with urban horticulture, city planning, biodiversity, and the sustainable development of horticultural resources.
Urban horticultural technologies facilitate the efficient use of available land in urban and residential areas, helping meet the demand for fresh fruits and vegetables to feed ever-growing urban populations. The amount of green space in urban areas is dwindling due to rising land prices, while the climbing numbers ofmulti-story buildings are producing various environmental and health issues. Technological advances provide tools and techniques for high-density and vertical cropping in small areas, promoting efficient and sustainable resource utilization. As such, urban horticulture is gaining importance in city planning – not only to bolster the food supply but also to improve the aesthetic value, environmental conditions, landscape, and business environment, while also reducing the consumption of fossil fuel in transportation.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture, Tennessee State University, Nashville, USA
Dilip Nandwani
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Urban Horticulture
Book Subtitle: Sustainability for the Future
Editors: Dilip Nandwani
Series Title: Sustainable Development and Biodiversity
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67017-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-67016-4Published: 06 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09784-4Published: 19 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-67017-1Published: 19 May 2018
Series ISSN: 2352-474X
Series E-ISSN: 2352-4758
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 249
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 103 illustrations in colour
Topics: Urban Ecology, Urbanism, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Environment, general