There are twenty million acres of lawns in North America. In their current form, these unproductive expanses of grass represent a significant financial and envi

Urban agriculture is the global movement that encourages the practice of cultivating, processing and distributing food in the city.

This book is devoted to food production and the problems associated with the satisfaction of food needs in different parts of the world. The emerging food crisi

This volume renews the political sociology of land. Chapters examine dynamics of political control and contention in a range of settings, including land grabs i