The vertical farm
Subtitle: feeding the world in the 21st century
By: Dickson Despommier
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9780312611392
Subjects: Urban Land use; Environmental aspects; Agriculture; Urban agriculture; Alternative agriculture
Description: When the author, a Columbia professor, set out to solve America's food, water, and energy crises, he didn't just think big, he thought up. His stroke of genius, the vertical farm, has excited scientists, architects, and politicians around the globe. These multi-story intensely managed indoor farms, grown inside skyscrapers, are capable of producing traditional greenhouse crops, as well as pigs and fowl, year-round. They would provide solutions to many of the serious problems the world is facing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Remodeling nature; title: Yesterday's agriculture; title: Today's agriculture; title: Tomorrow's agriculture; title: The vertical farm: advantages; title: The vertical farm: form and function; title: The vertical farm: social benefits; title: The vertical farm: alternate uses; title: Food fast-forwarded.