Urbant landbruk i det offentlige rom : Livskvalitet, planlegging og design

Abstract

This book focuses on urban agriculture in public spaces in densely populated, inner-city neighborhoods, a topic that has received little scholarly attention to date.

The goal has been to identify the impacts of urban agriculture on the well-being of individuals and local communities, and to identify the most effective planning, design and management practices for integrating urban agriculture into public spaces.

The empirical focus of the contributions is on Norway, specifically the Oslo region, but experiences and projects from northern European countries such as Denmark, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom are also included, and the authors make a small detour to the United States as well.

Urban Agriculture in Public Space encompasses views that range from the fields of urban planning to design, from public health to agroecology and from human geography to philosophy. By including a diversity of voices, the authors aim to make the text engaging and relevant to a broad audience of researchers, planners, architects, educators, civic activists, city-dwellers and public space users in today's – and tomorrow's – sustainable, compact city.

This book is a Norwegian translation of the original English edition, Urban Agriculture in Public Space: Planning and Designing for Human Flourishing in Northern European Cities and Beyond, published by Springer.