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"Urban Horticulture, referring to the study and cultivation of vegetation in built environments, is gaining more attention as the world rapidly urbanizes and cities expand. While plants have been grown in urban areas for millennia, it is now recognized that they not only provide food, ornament, and recreation, but also supply invaluable ecological services that help mitigate potentially negative impacts of urban ecosystems, and thus increase the livability of cities. This new compendium, Urban Horticulture: Ecology, Landscape and Agriculture, provides background on key issues in this growing field. The first section introduces ecological landscaping, providing a holistic framework for understanding urban landscapes and horticultural practices, both ornamental and agricultural. The complexity of the field is further illustrated by two different approaches to sustainable ornamental landscape design. The second section examines urban soil and water and their essential roles in regulating and supporting horticultural ecosystem services on which urban populations depend. The third part focuses on pollination, and the importance of urban areas and horticultural practice to this vital service. The fourth section concerns the often overlooked area of domestic gardens and their influence on urban horticulture, and employs community gardens to explore the multi-faceted educational experience they provide, and its adaptability to other socio-ecological contexts. The editor, an experienced multidisciplinary urban planning and policy researcher, has selected studies that will be essential to urban planners, horticulturalists, and residents of cities, as well for all those interested in enhancing urban living through horticulture."--
Part Part I Urban Horticulture and Ecological Landscaping -- chapter 1 Introduction to Ecological Landscaping: A Holistic Description and Framework t t t t tto Guide the Study and Management of Urban Landscape Parcels -- chapter 2 New Approaches to Ecologically Based, Designed Urban Plant Communities in t t t t tBritain: Do These Have Any Relevance in the United States? -- chapter 3 Urban Cultivation in Allotments Maintains Soil Qualities Adversely Affected t t t t tby Conventional Agriculture -- chapter 4 Lead Levels in Urban Gardens -- part Part II Urban Soil and Water -- chapter 5 Urban Community Gardeners' Knowledge and Perceptions of Soil Contaminant t t t t tRisks -- chapter 6 Sustainable Water Management for Urban Agriculture, Gardens and Public Open t t t t tSpace Irrigation: A Case Study in Perth -- chapter 7 Where Is the UK's Pollinator Biodiversity? The Importance of Urban Areas for t t t t tFlower-Visiting Insects -- chapter 8 The Influence of Garden Size and Floral Cover on Pollen Deposition in Urban t t t t tCommunity Gardens -- part Part III Urban Pollination -- chapter 9 Bumble Bee Abundance in New York City Community Gardens: Implications for t t t t tUrban Agriculture -- chapter 10 Modification of a Community Garden to Attract Native Bee Pollinators in Urban t t t t tSan Luis Obispo, California -- part Part IV Urban Home and Community Gardening -- chapter 11 Urban Home Gardens in the Global North: A Mixed Methods Study of Ethnic and t t t t tMigrant Home Gardens in Chicago, IL -- chapter 12 Community Gardens as Contexts for Science, Stewardship, and Civic Action t t t t tLearning -- chapter Author Notes.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Oakville, Ont. ; Waretown, NJ : Apple Academic Press, 2016