Rooftop Urban Agriculture

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Orsini, Francesco (Editor), Dubbeling, Marielle (Editor), de Zeeuw, Henk (Editor), Gianquinto, Giorgio (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Urban Agriculture,
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Climatology.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Agriculture.; Urban ecology (Biology).; Urban economics.; Life Sciences.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Urban Ecology.; Urban Economics.
• Physical Description: XI, 394 p. 112 illus., 91 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319577203
• ISSN: 2197-1730

This book guides architects, landscape designers, urban planners, agronomists and society on the implementation of sustainable rooftop farming projects. The interdisciplinary team of authors involved stresses the different approaches and the multi-faceted forms that rooftop farming may assume in any context.  While rooftop farming experiences are sprouting all over the world the need for scientific evidence on the most suitable growing solutions, policies and potential benefits emerges. This volume brings together existing experiences as well as suggestions for planning future sustainable cities.