Required readings:

• Please read paragraph 1 and 2, page 1-13 from: Mougeot, L.J.A., 2000. Urban agriculture: definition, presence, potentials and risks. In: “Growing cities, growing food: Urban agriculture on the policy agenda. A reader on urban agricultureâ€?. N. Bakker et all. DSE, Germany.
  http://www.ruaf.org/node/55 
• Please read the introductory chapter “Urban agriculture and the Millennium Development Goals, page 1-13 from Mougeot, L.J.A., 2005. Agropolis, the social, political and environmental dimensions on urban agriculture. Earthscan. London, UK.
  http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-84289-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html.  

NB: You will need Acrobat Reader to be able to access the first mentioned reading.

References

• Deelstra, T. and H. Girdardet, 2000. Urban agriculture and sustainable cities. In: “Growing cities, growing food: Urban agriculture on the policy agenda. A reader on urban agricultureâ€?. N. Bakker et all. DSE, Germany 
• Mougeot, L.J.A., 2000. Urban agriculture: definition, presence, potentials and risks. In: “Growing cities, growing food: Urban agriculture on the policy agenda. A reader on urban agricultureâ€?. N. Bakker et all. DSE, Germany 
• Smit, J., J. Nasr and A. Ratta, 2001. Urban agriculture, food, jobs and sustainable cities. Second edition. Unpublished.