The Future of the Fringe

The Future of the Fringe
Author: Michael Buxton
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2018-11-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1486308961

Peri-urban landscapes are some of the world’s most vulnerable areas. Although they are often thought of simply as land awaiting development, these landscapes retain important natural resources and make valuable contributions to agriculture, water use, biodiversity conservation, landscape preservation and human well-being. Billions of people use them and enjoy their natural values. Their continuing loss threatens to alter our relationships with nature and have a negative impact on the environment. The Future of the Fringe first explores the history of peri-urban areas, international peri-urban policy and practice, and related concepts. It analyses internationally relevant issues such as green belts and urban growth boundaries, regional policy, land supply and price, and the concepts of liveability, attractiveness, well-being and rural amenity. It then examines a range of Australian peri-urban issues, as an extended case study. The book argues for a precautionary approach so that we retain the greatest number of options to adapt during rapid and unprecedented change.

Planning on the Edge

Planning on the Edge
Author: Nick Gallent
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2006-09-27
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1134185952

More than a tenth of the land mass of the UK comprises 'urban fringe': the countryside around towns that has been called 'planning's last frontier'. One of the key challenges facing spatial planners is the land-use management of this area, regarded by many as fit only for locating sewage works, essential service functions and other un-neighbourly uses. However, to others it is a dynamic area where a range of urban and rural uses collide. Planning on the Edge fills an important gap in the literature, examining in detail the challenges that planning faces in this no-man’s land. It presents both problems and solutions, and builds a vision for the urban fringe that is concerned with maximising its potential and with bridging the physical and cultural rift between town and country. Its findings are presented in three sections: the urban fringe and the principles underpinning its management sectoral challenges faced at the urban fringe (including commerce, energy, recreation, farming, and housing) managing the urban fringe more effectively in the future. Students, professionals and researchers alike will benefit from the book's structured approach, while the global and transferable nature of the principles and ideas underpinning the study will appeal to an international audience.

Farm Index

Farm Index
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1967
Genre: Agriculture
ISBN:

Site-specific Agricultural Resource Management Act of 1993

Site-specific Agricultural Resource Management Act of 1993
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Environment, Credit, and Rural Development
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1994
Genre: Law
ISBN:

Urban Agriculture and Food Systems

Urban Agriculture and Food Systems
Author: Information Resources Management Association
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019
Genre: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN: 9781522580638

"This book is an authoritative resource on the latest technological developments in urban agriculture and its ability to supplement current food systems. The content within this publication represents the work of topics such as sustainable production in urban spaces, farming practices, and urban distribution methods"--Provided by publisher.

Proceedings

Proceedings
Author: American Country Life Association
Publisher:
Total Pages: 684
Release: 1962
Genre:
ISBN:

Growing a Sustainable City?

Growing a Sustainable City?
Author: Christina D. Rosan
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1442628553

Urban agriculture offers promising solutions to many different urban problems, such as blighted vacant lots, food insecurity, storm water runoff, and unemployment. These objectives connect to many cities' broader goal of "sustainability," but tensions among stakeholders have started to emerge in cities as urban agriculture is incorporated into the policymaking framework. Growing a Sustainable City? offers a critical analysis of the development of urban agriculture policies and their role in making post-industrial cities more sustainable. Christina Rosan and Hamil Pearsall's 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. Their comprehensive research 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.