Crisis Gardening: A Global Perspective (1) (Advances in Agroecology)

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Synopsis
Gardening during times of crisis can have significant benefits to individuals and populations interms of health, well-being, social and economic outcomes. So-called ‘crisis gardening’ can even belinked to transformative change in food systems through socio-ecological aspects of agroecology.In this book, crisis gardening is explored to better define, describe and provide recommendationsabout this activity globally. Diverse perspectives are offered from scholars around the world, providingan overview of gardening during crises with ties to agroecology. Such a perspective is criticalas we grapple with food system crises, pandemics, climate change, biodiversity loss, mental healthissues and political conflict globally.• The first section defines and explains crisis gardening in relation to agroecology, transformative change in food systems and public health.• The second section describes case studies from around the world of crisis gardening from various social-ecological perspectives.• The third section provides policy and practice recommendations and how to scale up the lessons from crisis gardening to transform food systems, public health systems, and policy and landscape planning processes.Bringing together leaders and experts (academics, policy makers and practitioners) from around theworld, the book provides case studies of crisis gardening and develops recommendations to harnessthe lessons from this practice.
Copyright:
2026

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
200 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781040384367
Related ISBNs:
9781040384336, 9781032564067, 9781003435631, 9781032564609
Publisher:
CRC Press
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Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, Jonathan Kingsley and Monika Egerer
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Science, Home and Garden, Outdoors and Nature, Earth Sciences, Medicine, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Jonathan Kingsley
Edited by:
Monika Egerer

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