Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction: Ecosystem Services from Urban Agriculture in the City of the Future; Corinne Cooley and Isaac Emery
Part I: Soil and Water Resources
Chapter 2: Soil Formation and Nutrient Cycling; Craig Cogger and Sally Brown
Chapter 3: A Guide to Types of Non Potable Water and the Potential for Reuse in Urban Systems; Sally Brown
Chapter 4: Graywater Reuse For Irrigation: Benefits and Potential Hazards; Ian Pepper
Chapter 5: Planting Abundance: Alternative Water Sources for Urban Farms; Brad Lancaster
Part II: Ecosystem Services – Waste Treatment
Chapter 6: The Role of Organic Residuals in Urban Agriculture; Sally Brown and Nora Goldstein
Chapter 7: Municipal Food Waste Management Options: Climate and Economic Impacts; David Parry
Chapter 8: Food Waste Composting in Seattle: The Political Perspective; Alexis Schulman
Chapter 9: Cedar Grove Compost: Developing a Combined Food- Yard Waste Centralized Composting Program; Denise Bartlett
Part III: Ecosystem Services – Climate Regulation
Chapter 10: Soils and Climate Change; Sally Brown
Chapter 11: Soil Carbon Sequestration and Organic Wastes; Andrew Trlica
Chapter 12: Lettuce to Reduce Greenhouse Gases: A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Conventional and Community Agriculture; Isaac Emery and Sally Brown
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hapter 13: Basics of Microbial Ecology and Function in Urban Agriculture; Karl A. Wyant
Chapter 14: Urban Microbiomes and Urban Agriculture: What Are The Connections and Why Should We Care? Gary M. King
Chapter 15: Wild Bees in Cultivated City Gardens; Scott MacIvor
Chapter 16: Urban Agriculture as Habitat for Birds; Amanda D. Rodewald
Chapter 17: Improving the Suitability of Urban Farms for Wildlife; Zoe A. Marzluff and John M. Marzluff
Part V: Ecosystem Services – Food Production
Chapter 18: How Much Can You Grow? Quantifying Yield in a Community Garden Plot: One Family’s Experience; Michael McGoodwin, Rebecca McGoodwin, and Wendy McGoodwin
Chapter 19: Applying Permaculture in Alaska: The Williams Street Farmhouse; Saskia Esslinger
Chapter
20: Seed Libraries; Melissa Desa
Chapter 21: Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) and Aquaponics for Urban Food Production, with a Pictorial Guide to Aquaponics; Miles Medina, Krish Jayachandran, Mahadev Bhat and David Specca
Part VI: Integration into Municipal Infrastructure – Location Options
Chapter 22: Community Garden Basics; Kristen McIvor
Chapter 23: Up on the Roof: Considerations for Food Production on Rooftops; Leigh Whittinghill and Olyssa Starry
Chapter 24: Brownfields as Sites for Urban Farms; Ann Carroll
Chapter 25: Curb
side Gardens; Craig Cogger and Sally Brown
Chapter 26: Zoning and Urban Agriculture in Michigan; Megan Masson- Minock
Chapter 27: Urban Agriculture in Portland, Oregon: 2002-2012; Molly M. Harfield and Steve Cohen
Chapter 28: Legalizing Commercial Agriculture in Boston: A Logical Step Towards Integrating Farming Into Urban Life; Michele Kaufman and John Read