Ecosystemic supply chain : a research and development centre for urban agriculture

dc.contributor.advisorJekot, Barbara P.en
dc.contributor.coadvisorBarker, A.A.J. (Arthur Adrian Johnson)
dc.contributor.coadvisorLaubscher, Jacques
dc.contributor.emailtvandeventer@googlemail.comen
dc.contributor.postgraduateVan Deventer, Thomasen
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-07T17:29:07Z
dc.date.available2012-06-06en
dc.date.available2013-09-07T17:29:07Z
dc.date.created2012-04-23en
dc.date.issued2011en
dc.date.submitted2011-11-30en
dc.descriptionDissertation (MArch(Prof))--University of Pretoria, 2011.en
dc.description.abstractWith our ever increasing global population it will be necessary for dense urban environments to develop methods of farming locally. Not only will urban agriculture be beneficial in aiding in the solution of this growing populations need for food production, but it can help to reconnect us to our food and their processes. This dissertation explores the education and reconnection of the public with the food production cycle through the experience of building integrated agriculture, vermiculture and aquaponic systems (cultivating plants and fish symbiotically). Pretoria’s Apies River is an ideal location for the establishment of a research facility of urban ecosystemic food production. The proposed urban agriculture program will allow for hands on research and development of emerging methods and technologies related to farming in the city environment while providing a platform for public education through interaction&inspiration.en
dc.description.availabilityunrestricteden
dc.description.departmentArchitectureen
dc.identifier.citationVan Deventer, T 2011, Ecosystemic supply chain : a research and development centre for urban agriculture, MArch(Prof) dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29984>en
dc.identifier.otherC12/4/21/gmen
dc.identifier.upetdurlhttp://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11302011-223307/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/29984
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rights© 2011, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoriaen
dc.subjectFood shortageen
dc.subjectUrban farmingen
dc.subjectAquaponicsen
dc.subjectVermicultureen
dc.subjectHydroponicsen
dc.subjectFood crisisen
dc.subjectUrban agricultureen
dc.subjectUCTDen_US
dc.titleEcosystemic supply chain : a research and development centre for urban agricultureen
dc.typeDissertationen

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