Essays about: "Urban cultivation"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 86 essays containing the words Urban cultivation.

  1. 16. One Square Meter Yield: A Hydroponic System Design

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Hithaishi Dayananda; [2021]
    Keywords : Hydroponics; Urban Food Resilience; Modular Design; Sustainability;

    Abstract : Vertical hydroponic farming is a developing sector that has the potential to mitigate the adverse effects of conventional farming while also meeting the demands of rapidly urbanizing populations. The global food system is responsible for up to 30% of anthropogenic GHG emissions, with primary production accounting for the majority of these emissions. READ MORE

  3. 17. Connecting to nature in pre-school : a study of place experiences in a low-social economic area related to children´s development

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Amanda Guimarães Gabriel; [2021]
    Keywords : childhood place relations; sense of place in childhood; sense of place in childhood; children s development; outdoor place relations; nature and children s development; learning; low-social economic environments; vulnerable environments; narrative map;

    Abstract : Outdoor environments and nature could positively support pre-school children living in lowsocial economic urban environments. By valuing the role of lived experiences, this research explores how outdoor places and nature could support and counteract the widespread inequities that affect these children. READ MORE

  4. 18. Skapa slåtterängar : en jämförande studie om etablering och skötsel

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Emil Wallin; Agnes Hofmann; [2021]
    Keywords : slåtteräng; etablering; pluggplantor; frösådd; äng; urban äng; hö; slåtter; skötsel; Hay meadow; establishment; plug plant; seed sowing; meadow; urban meadow; hay;

    Abstract : Den biologiska mångfalden i vår natur minskar och ängsmarkerna som förr var en stor del av vårt jordbruk har försvunnit till följd av mer effektiva odlingsmetoder. Detta har resulterat i att insekter, vildbin och andra pollinatiörer, som även förser oss människor med mat, försvinner allt snabbare. READ MORE

  5. 19. Peasant autonomy : seed-saving practices of maize in rural Jalisco, Mexico

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Klara Lindqvist; [2021]
    Keywords : maize; peasants; Mexico; resistance; anti-commodities; autonomy; seed-saving;

    Abstract : The debate of maize seeds in Mexico has been, and is, intense and divided, with large seed companies on one side, mass-producing improved maize seeds and lobbying for the introduction of transgenic maize cultivation, and on the other side activists wanting to conserve and protect the native maize seeds. Farmers in Mexico have been facing large changes since the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement. READ MORE

  6. 20. Farming as common ground - an agri-cluster to support the development of Vintrie, Malmö

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Nada Dhaiba; [2021]
    Keywords : urban design; urban agriculture; sustainable development; food supply systems; productive city; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : On a global scale, the modern food supply systems enabled a consistent supply of goods thanks to the technological advances. However, the continued urban growth led to an increase in demand in terms of food supply, and the displacement of food cultivation away from the cities to rural land. READ MORE