Rooftop Urban Agriculture

Preface.- Part 1) The status and challenges of rooftop agriculture.- 1. Introduction.- 2. A panorama of rooftop agriculture types.- 3. Rooftop Farming Policy.- Part 2) Design of rooftop agriculture systems.- 4. Elements of rooftop agriculture design.- 5. Soil based and simplified hydroponics rooftop gardens.- 6. Technology for Rooftop Greenhouses.- 7. Rooftop aquaponics.- 8 Integrating rooftop agriculture into urban infrastructure.- Part 3) Rooftop agriculture Management.- 9. Water Management and irrigation systems.- 10. Managing mineral nutrition in soilless culture.- 11 Sustainable pest management.- 12. Produce quality and safety.- Part 4) Multifunctional Rooftop Agriculture.- 13. Rooftop agriculture for improved food and nutrition security.- 14. Biodiversity of flora and fauna.- 15. Resilience to climate change.- 16. Resource Efficiency and Waste Avoidance.- 17. Community building and social justice aspects of rooftop agriculture.- 18. Designing green corridors network within cities: a case study in Vienna.- Part 5) A geography of rooftop agriculture in 20 projects.- 19 Introduction.- 19.1 Cases.- 19.1.2 Amman, Jordan - Mixed micro-farming on top of residential houses.- 19.1.2 Bangkok, Thailand - Energaia: rooftop production of spirulina.- 19.1.3 Barcelona, Spain - RTG-Lab, an experimental integrated rooftop greenhouse.- 19.1.4 Bengaluru, India - An organic terrace gardening.- 19.1.15 Bologna, Italy - The community rooftop garden of Via Gandusio.- 19.1.6 Boston, United States - Fenway Farms: a restaurant garden on a baseball stadium roof.- 19.1.7 Cairo, Egypt - Rooftop farming in informal settlements.- 19.1.8 Chicago, United States - Gotham Greens: the largest rooftop greenhouse in the world.- 19.1.9 Cincinnati, United States - The Rothenberg Rooftop Garden School; Byrna Bass, Edwin "Pope" Coleman.- 19.1.10 Gaza, Palestine - Rooftop aquaponics for family nutrition in the Gaza Strip.- 19.1.11 Hong Kong, China - Rooftop Republic at Fringe Club: an educational