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  • Strawberry fields forever? Urban agriculture in developed countries: a review

    Author(s)
    Mok, Hoi-Fei
    Williamson, Virginia G.
    Grove, James
    Burry, Kristal
    Barker, S Fiona
    Hamilton, Andrew
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Burry, Kristal
    Year published
    2013
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    Abstract
    Food production in cities has long been a tradition in many countries around the world and a mainstream activity for many developed countries. While urban agriculture plays an important role in increasing food security and social well-being, it comes with significant costs and constraints. Here, we review the growth of urban agriculture throughout the developed world in order to clarify the different benefits, risks, and hindrances associated with the practice. Through this analysis, we identify the need for better understanding of the following five aspects if urban agriculture is to make a meaningful contribution to food ...
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    Food production in cities has long been a tradition in many countries around the world and a mainstream activity for many developed countries. While urban agriculture plays an important role in increasing food security and social well-being, it comes with significant costs and constraints. Here, we review the growth of urban agriculture throughout the developed world in order to clarify the different benefits, risks, and hindrances associated with the practice. Through this analysis, we identify the need for better understanding of the following five aspects if urban agriculture is to make a meaningful contribution to food security and social well-being in the future: (1) the impacts of continued urban sprawl and loss of peri-urban agricultural land; (2) appropriate government and institutional support at local, regional, and country levels; (3) the role of urban agriculture in self-sufficiency of cities; (4) the risks posed by pollutants from agriculture to urban ecosystems and from urban ecosystems to agriculture; and (5) the carbon footprint of urban agriculture and use of "food miles." If urban agriculture is to have a legitimate place in resolving the global food crisis as advocates claim, then it is time to take urban agriculture seriously and assess more rigorously both the positive and negative impacts, especially carbon emissions. Only then can the world's limited resources be properly allocated to the development of urban agriculture.
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    Journal Title
    Agronomy for Sustainable Development
    Volume
    33
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-013-0156-7
    Subject
    Environmental and Natural Resources Law
    Environmental Sciences
    Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
    Studies in Human Society
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/61313
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