Adaptive design model for the integration of urban agriculture in the sustainable development of cities. A case study in northern Spain

Gómez-Villarino, María Teresa; Ruiz-García, Luis

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2020.102595

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“…In this regard, the prototypes include interventions that can aid in optimizing land use investment, fostering benefits of living in agglomeration, improving security and land access, and reducing the strain on infrastructure provision. Additionally, the prototypes can increase the value of informal land, which are often threatened by urban redevelopment projects (Gómez‐Villarino & Ruiz‐Garcia, 2021).…”

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Climate adaptation in informal areas in hot arid climates

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Sustainable Development

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This conceptual and exploratory research study investigates, systematically and holistically, climate‐adaptive spatial design interventions for high‐density informal urban areas in hot arid climates, which remain understudied despite their vulnerability to heat stress and the heat‐vulnerable groups populating them. Five streetscape design prototypes are proposed that include climate‐adaptive spatial interventions appraised qualitatively with consideration to relevant feasibility matters: land use planning, equity, affordability, mobility, and sense of place. The study shows that there is potential for climate‐adaptive interventions in informal urban areas in hot arid climates, but that these interventions also present challenges. Common climate‐adaptive design strategies can be used to address heat stress in these areas but, for example, increasing vegetation might be challenging due to water stress. As a conceptual study, the findings presented and the discussion raised on feasibility are targeted at opening avenues for future research, and at informing decision‐makers and spatial designers.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Climate adaptation in informal areas in hot arid climates

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“…In North America, 82% population is settled in urban centers owing to social, medical, and educational facilities. Except for this, the Caribbean region 81%, Europe 74%Ocenia 68%, but the level of urbanization in Asia is 50% which is only higher to Africa (R.W.U.P, 2018), (Gomez-Villarino, & Ruiz-Garcia, 2021).…”

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Implications of Urbanization on Agricultural Land: A Case Study of Khairpur District, Pakistan

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2022

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Sindh is the 2 nd most populated province in the country, half of the population is settled in urban centers; this ratio is increasing day by day owing to privation of facilities and rural poverty. Khairpur district is the 5th largest urban area in Sindh, and growing rapidly, it has eight talukas 76 Union councils, 11 towns, and 6800 villages with 2.4 million population in 2017, a low percentage of the population is settled in urban areas which is 32.3%. But a rapid increase in urbanization has been observed in the last 10 years. A huge number of flood effectiveness shifted from villages to cities during the super flood 2010. Agriculture is the primary economic activity of this region, Date palm, cotton, sugarcane, banana and strawberry are the main crops. Due to unexpected population growth, the housing societies are developed around the main cities of District Khairpur. All those housing societies are developed over the agricultural land, which causes socio-economic deprivation in the research area. The study shows, the rapid urbanization and its impacts on agriculture land in the district.

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“…That also in a framework of a sustainable UPUA scenario jointly considering not only the utilisation of many enclosed and semi enclosed farmland areas at the urban/rural interface, but agro-greenbelt areas as well; -The still limited room, despite some innovative tools and practices, inside the spatial planning system, for ordinary integrative and coordinated policies and design tools to integrate agri-food issues. That calls for a further innovative endeavour in this field in terms of strategic planning, governance models (Franklin and Marsden, 2015) and cross-scale integrated design approaches including the assessment of potential trade-off between ESs considering various future territorial use scenarios (Scorza et al, 2020) integrated with rural development funding scheme; -Indication of need to better communicate, explain and promote participative planning instruments, cooperation among experts, local actors, including decision-makers, spatial planners and citizens (Ronchi, Arcidiacono & Pogliani, 2020;Gomez-Villarino & Ruiz-Garcia, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%