Expedition Agroparks : : Research by Design into Sustainable Development and Agriculture in the Network Society / / by Peter J.A.M. Smeets.

• VerfasserIn: Smeets, Peter J.A.M.
• Place / Publishing House: Wageningen : : Wageningen Academic Publishers :, Imprint: Wageningen Academic Publishers,, 2011.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed. 2011.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (309 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This book is the result of several years of expedition into the development of metropolitan FoodClusters. The author's fascination for the agricultural landscapes in and around metropolises led him to the conclusion that improving the efficiency of agriculture is the most effective way to safeg...

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Summary
• 1. Context, aim and method of this book
• 2. The network society
• 3. Delta Metropolises
• 4. Agriculture in the network society
• 5. Theoretical starting points in research by design
• 6. Research by design applied to agroparks
• 7. Discussion
• 1. Context, aim and method
• 1.1. Scientific objective
• 1.2. Method
• 1.3. Reading guide
• 2. The network society
• 2.1. The emergence of the network society
• 2.2. Time and space in the network society
• 2.3. The environmental movement as a synthesis of spaces of flows and spaces of places
• 2.4. Spatial development policy
• 3. Delta metropolises
• 3.1. The historical development of cities: centralization and dispersal
• 3.2. Polycentric mega city regions
• 3.3. Spatial planning of metropolises in the network society
• 3.4. Delta metropolises
• 3.5. The Northwest European delta metropolis
• 4. Agriculture in the network society
• 4.1. Mega-trends in the urbanized network society
• 4.2. Agriculture in the network society
• 4.3. Spatial planning of agriculture in the network society
• 5. Theoretical starting points in research by design
• 5.1. Research by design
• 5.2. Theoretical production ecology and the De Wit curve
• 5.3. Landscape ecological theory and the three dimensions of landscape
• 5.4. The design process during design and implementation
• 6. Research by design on agroparks
• 6.1. Definition of agroparks
• 6.2. Deltapark
• 6.3. Agrocentrum Westpoort
• 6.4. New Mixed Farm
• 6.5. WAZ-Holland Park
• 6.6. Biopark Terneuzen
• 6.7. Greenport Shanghai
• 6.8. IFFCO-Greenport Nellore
• 6.9. Iterative testing of the resulting hypotheses
• 6.10. Conclusions from research by design
• 7. Discussion
• 7.1. Resource use efficiency of metropolitan foodclusters
• 7.2. Landscape theory
• 7.3. Methodical elaboration
• 7.4. Greenport Holland
• 7.5. The knowledge infrastructure of Greenport Holland
• References
• About the Author
• Keyword index.