Browsing Faculty of Graduate Studies Online Theses by Subject "urban agriculture"
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All The Way Down, This Time: Urban Agriculture and Food Justice in Detroit
(2021-07-21)The redevelopment of Detroit as a colonial wasteland naturalizes the present and denies the racial capitalism that reproduces the crisis in an overwhelmingly black urban environment. The denial of local community ... -
Architecture for Community Support and Urban Agriculture
(2023-04-12)Food insecurity has become a significant global challenge as food systems are controlled by large scale food retailers and supermarkets that distance the consumer from local fresh food. Alongside this model, a bottom-up ... -
Articulating Ecology: Brownfield Remediation, Urban Agriculture and Prospects for Community Revitalization
(2015)2015 has been declared the International Year of Soils by the United Nations. This proclamation emphasizes the soil as a basis for life and culture, its importance for agriculture, and its fragility when threatened by ... -
Empowering Urban Agriculture: A Case Study of Training Programs Targeting Women Farmers in Uganda
(2019-04-29)Wakiso District in Uganda is undergoing rapid urbanization which is disrupting traditional agricultural livelihoods. As land and other resources become increasingly scarce, farmers are turning to urban agriculture techniques ... -
More than subsistence: Small-scale urban agriculture and household livelihoods in Havana, Cuba
(2010-09-10)In the past 20 years, Cuba has emerged as a world leader in urban agriculture and sustainable development, having shifted its policies and practices toward local, organic food production and self-sufficiency. This collective ... -
The Nature of Urban Infrastructure: Re-imagining the City as a Continuous Productive Urban Landscape
(2021-04-26)This thesis argues that urban food systems in Canadian cities are essential to healthy communities and a healthy society: Urban agricultural landscapes should be considered a system of infrastructure. Growing food in cities ... -
Planting Urban Health - Integrating Architecture and Productive Urban Greenspace into an Educational Health Facility
(2012-04-04)Chronic health conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes are on the rise in Canada, and particularly in Nova Scotia. Lifestyle-related factors including stress level, exercise, and a healthy diet are ...