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1 online resource (xxiii, 277 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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URBAN AGRICULTURE IN SOUTH AFRICA: A Study of the Eastern Cape Province; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Plates; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Literature Review; Chapter 3: Methodology; Chapter 4: Study Area; Chapter 5: Preliminary Research Results: Urban Agriculture in the Past and Present; Chapter 6: Data Results, Analysis & Synthesis; Chapter 7: Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture in Selected Urban Centres in the Eastern Cape: Final Comparisons, Conclusions and Recommendations; Figures; Figure 4.1 |
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Figure 4.3Figure 4.4; Figure 5.1; Figure 5.2; Figure 5.3; Figure 5.4; Figure 5.5; Figure 5.6; Figure 5.7; Figure 5.8; Figure 5.9; Figure 5.10; Figure 5.11; Figure 5.12; Figure 5.13; Figure 5.14; Figure 5.15; Figure 6.1; Figure 6.2; Figure 6.3; Figure 6.4; Figure 6.5; Figure 6.6; Figure 6.7; Figure 6.8; Figure 6.9; Photographs; Photo 5.1; Photo 5.2; Photo 5.3; Photo 5.4; Photo 5.5; Photo 5.6; Photo 5.7; Photo 5.8; Photo 5.9; Photo 5.10; Photo 5.11; Photo 5.12; Photo 5.13; Photo 5.14; Photo 5.15; Photo 5.16; Photo 6.1; Photo 6.2; Bibliography; Appendix 1: Community-Based Intervention |
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Appendix 2: Questionnaire Survey (Template)Appendix 3: Vegetation of Grahamstown & Peddie; Index |
| Summary |
This volume includes quantitative and qualitative analysis of urban farming in relation to agricultural production and public policy in South Africa. Thornton shows the complexity of the issue as it relates to rampant unemployment and how it can quell certain social problems like a lack of food. Urban farming should, theoretically, be prolific in developing countries experiencing problems associated with modernization which creates food security issues. It also provides employment opportunities for urban poor, but this is met with stigmatizing among modern-thinking youth who want to avoid trad |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-244) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Urban agriculture -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
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GARDENING -- Trees.
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Urban agriculture
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Agriculture.
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Earth & Environmental Sciences.
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Agriculture - General.
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South Africa -- Eastern Cape
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780773421905 |
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0773421904 |
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