Browsing by Subject "agriculture"
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Agricultural Transparency: Reconnecting Urban Centres With Food Production
(2012-04-03)In North America, industrial agriculture has led to cheap abundant food while separating direct links between the city and countryside. This thesis attempts to use architecture to reconnect people in Manhattan, New York ... -
Big Shoes to Fill: An Investigation of the Halifax Food Footprint
(2017-04-17)In response to increasing urbanization and demand for local food, this study aims to contextualize the land area needed to feed urban Halifax, Nova Scotia, through the calculation of a food footprint. Derived from ecological ... -
CONCEPTUALIZING AND QUANTIFYING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
(2014-04-01)Increasing the amount of food produced while simultaneously reducing the environmental impacts of agriculture is one of the most pressing challenges facing humanity. A promising approach through which this could be achieved ... -
EVALUATION OF AGRICULTURAL PLASTICS WASTE MANAGEMENT IN NOVA SCOTIA: IDENTIFYING BARRIERS TO AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVING DISPOSAL PRACTICES
(2016-07-20)Progressive waste management directives, such as those in Europe, aim to achieve zero waste to landfill in the coming decades; plastics commonly account for an appreciable fraction of waste sent to landfill. Agricultural ... -
Farmer perceptions of wetland ecosystem goods and services
(2014-12-11)Wetlands provide services to humans through ecological functions including water filtration, flood prevention, freshwater provision etc. Farmers risk losing these essential services as a result of wetland drainage. Wetlands ... -
Growing the Network: Cultivating Alternative Food Systems in the Prairie City
(2019-08-06)The province of Alberta faces considerable challenges to food security due to urban expansion into agricultural land, loss of landscape identity, and deficits in fruit and vegetable production. While inefficient global ... -
Minimizing Terminal Food Waste within the Food Supply Chain
(2019-07-04)Approximately 30% of food produced globally is wasted each year. There is a significant need to understand the situation surrounding this food waste phenomenon. This research used a variety of mixed method approaches to ... -
A Model for Public Agrarian Architecture on the Suburban Edge
(2014-04-04)The thesis project is a study for the integration of farming, urban use, and ecology at the edge of the city. The aims of the test-of-principle are to connect the urban consumer with the rural food producer, processing and ...