Editors:
- Presents multilevel approaches of sustainable relations between agriculture and the city
- Written by scientists in agronomy, geography and urban planning
- Includes methodological frameworks and case studies in Europe and the Mediterranean
Part of the book series: Urban Agriculture (URBA)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Systemic Approaches of Urban-Agricultural Relations
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Methods and Tools to Design Sustainable Urban Food Systems
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Inventory of Changes in Urban Agriculture
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Back Matter
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Innovation, INRA, CIRAD,, Montpellier Supagro, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
Christophe-Toussaint Soulard, Coline Perrin
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ART-DEV, University of Montpellier, CIRAD,, CNRS, University of Paul Valery, University of Perpignan, Montpellier, France
Elodie Valette
About the editors
Christophe-Toussaint Soulard is a senior researcher at INRA (The French Institute for Agricultural Research). Head of the research team “Agricity” of the Innovation research unit in Montpellier, France, he conducts research on sustainable agriculture and urban food systems. Holding a PhD in geography (Paris Sorbonne University, 1999), he leads research and action-research projects, and supervises doctoral theses in France, with comparisons in the Mediterranean (Lebanon, Portugal, Tunisia) and with the United States (Portland).
Coline Perrin is a researcher at INRA (The French Institute for Agricultural Research). Member of the research team “Agricity” of the UMR Innovation in Montpellier, France, she conducts researches on farmland farmland management on the urban fringe planning. PhD in geography (Aix-Marseille and Firenze Florence Universities, 2009), she leads the research project JASMINN dealing with farmland protection, urban planning and spatial justiceon the urban fringe, in France, Italy and other Mediterranean countries.
Elodie Valette is researcher at CIRAD (The French Agricultural Research and International Cooperation Institute). She is member of the joint research unit Art-Dev in Montpellier, France. She has a PhD in geography (Paris Diderot University, 2003) and leads research projects dealing with agriculture, governance and urban planning, in Africa and Maghreb.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Toward Sustainable Relations Between Agriculture and the City
Editors: Christophe-Toussaint Soulard, Coline Perrin, Elodie Valette
Series Title: Urban Agriculture
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71037-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-71035-8Published: 12 February 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89032-6Published: 06 June 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-71037-2Published: 30 January 2018
Series ISSN: 2197-1730
Series E-ISSN: 2197-1749
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 239
Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations, 28 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agriculture, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Urbanism, Agricultural Economics