Urban Horticulture Sustainability for the Future /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nandwani, Dilip (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Sustainable Development and Biodiversity, 18
• Subjects: Urban ecology (Biology).; Urban planning.; City planning.; Agriculture.; Biodiversity.; Environment.; Urban Ecology.; Urbanism.; Environment, general.

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, environment...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Recent Developments in Urban Horticulture
• 2. Sustainability of Living Wall Systems: A Review for Urban Design
• 3. Edible Landscaping in Urban Horticulture
• 4. Smart Precision Lighting for Urban and Landscape Closed Controlled Horticultural Environments
• 5. Heavy Metals Risk in Urban Allotment Gardens
• 6. Botanical Gardens
• 7. Urban Forestry
• 8. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
• 9. Local Food Systems
• 10. Rural to Urban: Agriculture and Community Systems Symbiosis in the 21st Century
• 11. Urban Horticultural Education
• 12. Epilogue.