A micro-agriculture system in San Francisco's Tenderloin District

The purpose of this research was to establish a micro-agricultural networking system – a new extension of the traditional urban agriculture in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco, for which mapping and design of the prototypes of apparatus for the new system were provided. One of the aims of this thesis was to design new applications for urban agriculture as small-scale spaces in cities without affecting the original properties of the land use. Precedent mapping, metrics of green spaces, and municipal codes were provided to identify appropriate spaces for micro-agriculture. Networking systems that enable the combined implementation of several micro-agriculture types were established. The importance of micro-agriculture applications to local food diversity and availability, farm-to-restaurant networking systems, and the enjoyment of social participation are discussed in a contextual framework.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.L.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Landscape Architecture

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2013

Author dc:creator

• Zhou, Danyao

Contributors dc:contributor

• Sears, Stephen M.
• Kovacic, David A.
• Hindle, Richard L.

• micro-agriculture
• urban agriculture
• vegetable
• prototype
• financing framework
• art
• landscape

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2013 Danyao Zhou

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/45437

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/45437