Urban Aquaculture

by Barry A. Costa-Pierce, Alan Desbonnet, Peter Edwards, Dale Baker

Overview

Millions of people are moving from rural areas to coastal cities. Meeting the basic human needs for protein foods in the future will be a difficult challenge. Fishery products are the world's most important source of animal protein, which has led to a doubling of the demand for fish since the 1950s. As we can not expect to catch more food from the sea, we must turn to farming the waters, not just hunting them. The new challenge for planners now is to accelerate aquaculture development and to plan for new production, making urban areas of production, particularly recycled urban wastewater. This book includes papers from authors in the U.S., Europe, and Asia that review these developing issues from the perspective of both developed and developing countries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780851998299
Publisher:	CABI
Publication date:	06/02/2005
Series:	Cabi Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.75(h) x (d)

About the Author

Barry A. Costa-Pierce

Table of Contents

* A Future Urban Ecosystem Incorporating Urban Aquaculture for Wastewater Treatment and Food Production
* Viewing Urban Aquaculture as an Agroindustry

The Evolution of Urban Aquaculture in Asia
* Opportunities and Constraints to Urban Aquaculture, with a Focus on South and Southeast Asia
* Development Status of Prospects for Wastewater-fed Aquaculture in Urban Environments
* Peri-Urban Aquaculture and Poor Livelihoods in Kolkata, India
* Wastewater-based Urban Aquaculture systems in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
* Wastewater Reuse Through Urban Aquaculture in Hanoi, Vietnam: Status and Prospects

The Evolution of Urban Aquaculture in Europe and North America
* The Emergence of Urban Aquaculture in Europe
* Competitive Potential for USA Urban Aquaculture Products
* Commercially Feasible Urban Recirculating Aquaculture: Addressing the Marine Sector
* Shrimp Culture In Urban, Superintensive Closed Systems
* Aquaculture of the Florida Bay Scallop, Argopecten irradians concentricus, in Tampa Bay Florida (USA): An Urban Estuary
* Four Years of Recirculating Aquaculture In Boston Harbor, USA

The Progress and Potentials of Urban Aquaculture Education
* Urban Aquaculture in Brooklyn, New York, USA
* Growing A Future Crop of Aquaculturists: Creating An Urban Aquaculture Education Program in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
* Science in Action: Tools for Teaching Urban Aquaculture Concepts
* Urban Aquaculture: A Necessary Reality
* Ecolobelling and Urban Aquaculture
* Aquaculture in Future Urban Ecosystems