Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Issue -- Population shift -- Food: a "basic luxury" -- Snails and silkworms -- Women's roles -- Easing ecological problems -- An uncertain existence -- Increasing recognition -- Cities Feeding People -- 2. The Approach -- An evolving approach -- Cities Feeding People -- Building capacity - and bridges -- Maximizing impact -- The way ahead -- 3. Experiences from the Field -- Blurring the boundaries -- Land, people, and policies -- Real progress in three African cities -- City partners in Latin America -- Waste, water, and environment -- Closing the nutrient loop -- Mapping waste supply and demand -- Reducing waste, feeding the poor -- Managing municipal wastewater -- Reducing the pollution load -- Growing gardens with greywater -- Food security and incomes -- Lessons learned -- 4. Learning from Experience -- Land and space -- Waste disposal and health -- Food and nutrition -- 5. Recommendations -- 1. Municipal governments should start with the right question: What can UA do for my city (not what can my city do for it)? -- 2. Use UA to make suitable vacant space productive for all -- 3. Include UA as an urban land-use category and as an economic function in your planning system -- 4. Use a participatory policy-making approach -- 5. Experiment with temporary occupancy permits (TOPs) for urban producers using private and public open spaces -- 6. Support the organization of poor urban producers to manage UA in more and better ways -- 7. Bring the needed research in tune with your policy exercise at the earliest opportunity -- Reshaping city life -- 6. A City of the Future -- Fast forward to the year 2025 -- Back to the present -- Appendix 1. Glossary of Terms and Acronyms -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W.

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