Week 5 (2/13): Environmental Services & Constraints

Presenter: Nathan McClintock

Topic: Nutrient Cycling in Peri-Urban Agriculture (Case Study: Bamako, Mali)

Daily, Gretchen and Katherine Ellison. 2002. The New Economy of Nature. Washington, DC: Island Press, 1-17, 205-233.

Rees, William & Mathis Wackernagel. 1996. Urban ecological footprints: why cities cannot be sustainable—and why they are a key to sustainability. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 16:223-248.

Davis, Mike. 2006. Ch. 6: Slum Ecology. Planet of Slums. London: Verso.

Foster, John Bellamy and Fred Magdoff. 2000. Liebig, Marx, and the Depletion of Soil Fertility: Relevance for Today’s Agriculture. In Magdoff, Foster, & Buttel (eds.) Hungry for Profit. New York: Monthly Review Press.

Cofie, Olufunke and A. Adams Bradford. “Ch. 8. Organic waste reuse for urban agriculture.” Cities Farming for the Future. Ed. Rene van Veenhuizen. RUAF/IDRC.

Buechler, Stephanie, Gayathri Devi Mekala and Ben Keraita. 2006. “Ch. 9. Wastewater Use for Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture.” Cities Farming for the Future. Ed. Rene van Veenhuizen. RUAF/IDRC.

Eaton & Hilhorst. 2003. Opportunities for managing solid waste flows in the peri-urban interface of Bamako and Ouagadougou. Environment & Urbanization 15(1):53-64.

Further recommended reading

Nathan Sayre's Carrying Capacity paper

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