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Growing better cities : urban agriculture for sustainable development / by Luc J.A. Mougeot

Author
Mougeot, Luc J. A.
Additional Titles
Urban agriculture for sustainable development
Published
Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, [2006]
Copyright Date
©2006
Physical Description
1 online resource (xix, 97 pages) : color maps
Additional Creators
International Development Research Centre (Canada)
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Contents
The issue -- The approach -- Experiences from the field -- Learning from experience.
Summary
The United Nations predicts that over the next 25 years nearly all population growth will be in the cities of the developing world. At current rates, 60% of the world's total population will live in cities by 2030. As the cities grow, so does the number of urban poor. Unemployment, hunger, and malnutrition are commonplace. In the big city, most of any cash income the poor might bring home goes to feeding themselves and staying alive; any food that does not have to be bought is a bonus. As a result, more and more people are attempting to grow at least some of their own food to supplement poor ...
Report Numbers
E97-84/2006E-PDF
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ISBN
9781552502426 (electronic bk.)
1552502422 (electronic bk.)
9781552502266
1552502260
1552503283
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Some online versions lack accompanying media packaged with the printed version.
Issued also in French under title: Cultiver de meilleures villes, agriculture urbaine et développement durable.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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