Delmar, Alexandre, author.

Notes from the underdog : agriculture for subsistence in Porto = Anotações sobre o Abaixo de Cão : a agricultura de subsistência do Porto / Alexandre Delmar, Luís Ribero da Silva, Margarida Quintã, Joaquim Moreno ; edited by John Wriedt.

First edition = Primeira ediço.

Leipzig : Spector Books, 2021.
[New York] : Distribution, USA, Canada, Central and South America, Africa, Artbook/D.A.P.

479 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes from the Underdog/Anotações sobre o Abaixo de Cão looks at agricultural practices and the appropriation of space in the city of Porto, Portugal, and the different ways in which this phenomenon has manifested in the aftermath of the financial crisis 2011. The book recounts the stories of ten gardens and the people running them, who have resuscitated urban brownfield sites by growing fruit and vegetables on them as a source of food. To achieve this end, they have developed infrastructures like watering and irrigation systems and methods of cultivation, recycling, and composting, while also building storage structures and producing their own tools. Although the gardens are primarily about people providing for themselves, they also lend themselves to recreation and leisure activities.

3959054211 paperback
9783959054218 paperback

Gardens Portugal Porto.
Urban gardens Portugal.
Guerrilla gardens Portugal.
Subsistence farming Portugal.
Brownfields Portugal Porto.
Photography of gardens Portugal Porto.
Jardins Portugal Porto.
Jardins urbains Portugal.
Jardins guérilla Portugal.
Agriculture de subsistance Portugal.
Sites contaminés Portugal Porto.
Photographie de jardins Portugal Porto.

Ribeiro da Silva, Luís, author.
Quintã, Margarida, author.
Moreno, Joaquim, author.
Wriedt, John, editor.

Anotações sobre o Abaixo de Cão

Location: Library main 315599
Call No.: 315599
Copy: 1
Status: Available