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How A Traditional Agricultural City Functions: The Case Of San Isidro, Costa Rica
Submitted by Dylan on Fri, 05/03/2013 - 12:54pmIf you're one of those that is interested in the agricultural New Urbanist community concept, then you might want to check out the city of San Isidro, Costa Rica. San Isidro is a city with a population of around 35,000. It lies nestled in a valley surrounded on all sides by beautiful mou... read more »
How Aquaponics Is Revolutionizing Agriculture
Submitted by Dylan on Fri, 04/12/2013 - 12:41pmRecently, a new method and system of doing agriculture has arisen known as "aquaponics." The term "aquaponics," was derived essentially because this method and system of doing agriculture utilizes a mixture of both "aquaculture" (the raising of fish and/or seafood in a controlled, man-made env... read more »
Garden Cities: Theory & Practice of Agrarian Urbanism - Book Review
Submitted by josh.oconner on Mon, 10/10/2011 - 10:30amOne of the more familiar tenets of the New Urbanist development paradigm is the use of compact development patterns which utilize high densities as a means to contain suburban development in order to preserve the pastoral and idyllic conditions often destroyed by sprawl. Within this scheme, New Urba... read more »
Serenbe agri-village: green, charming and rural.. or is that exurban?
Submitted by Filmanowicz on Mon, 03/02/2009 - 7:32amA travel feature in the Sunday NYT on Serenbe not only caught the attention of new urbanists -- it's currently the Times third
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