Sökning: "urban agriculture"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 83 avhandlingar innehållade orden urban agriculture.
1. Historical Urban Agriculture : Food Production and Access to Land in Swedish Towns before 1900
Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis analyses the role of historical urban agriculture in a long-time perspective, through a combination of overarching surveys of Swedish towns and detailed studies of one town – Uppsala in east-central Sweden. The study shows how agricultural land – town land – of various sizes was donated to towns repeatedly during medieval times and in the 16th and 17th centuries. LÄS MER
2. Crossing the river by feeling the stones : Approaches to Sustainable Urban Development in China
Sammanfattning : China already has the highest numbe of,and largest cities in its history. According to recent statistics, Chinese cities were home to 52.6% of China’s total population at the end of 2012. LÄS MER
3. Urban-Based Agriculture and Poultry Production : The Case of Kisumu and Thika in Kenya
Sammanfattning : Kenya’s population is rapidly growing and urbanising. Poverty and problems of food insecurity are equally urbanising at an unprecedented rate. Formal employment has not kept pace with the job demand of the growing population. LÄS MER
4. How has time and space affected plant biodiversity in the Hjälmö-Lådna archipelago?
Sammanfattning : Traditionally European farmland management has declined during the last century, mainlydue to abandonment or intensification. When traditional management is replaced by newmethods many species are negatively affected and often threatened with extinction. LÄS MER
5. Network Based Tools and Indicators for Landscape Ecological Assessments, Planning, and Design
Sammanfattning : Land use change constitutes a primary driving force in shaping social-ecological systems world wide, and its effects reach far beyond the directly impacted areas. Graph based landscape ecological tools have become established as a promising way to efficiently explore and analyze the complex, spatial systems dynamics of ecological networks in physical landscapes. LÄS MER
