Response of agricultural multifunctionality to farmland loss under rapidly urbanizing processes in Yangtze River Delta, China

Yu, Man; Yang, Yongjun; Chen, Fu; Zhu, Fengwu; Qu, Jianhua; Zhang, Shao‐Liang

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.226

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“…Intensive development, which is undoubtedly a challenge for modern cities, can give rise to positive outcomes for urban communities as well as negatively affect the smooth functioning of the city. The challenges of modern cities are centred around: • uncontrolled urban sprawl (Kovács et al, 2019;Halmy, 2019;Yu et al, 2019;Mahmoud & Divigalpitiya, 2019);…”

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Smart city concept in the light of the literature review

Winkowska

Szpilko

Pejić

2019

Engineering Management in Production and Services

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A B S T R A C T Nowadays, the transformations of metropolises into smart cities is a crucial factor in improving the living conditions of the inhabitants. The goal of the smart city concept is modern urban management using technical tools that offer state-of-the-art technologies, considering the applicable ecological standards while saving resources and achieving the expected results. The purpose of this article is to identify the areas of research analysed in the international literature in the field of smart cities. The bibliometric analysis was carried out to achieve the purpose. The analysis covered publications on smart cities published in Scopus and Web of Science databases from January 2009 to May 2019. Based on the bibliometric analysis, a bibliometric map was developed using the mapping technique VOS -the visualisation of similarities. Original clusters were created using the VOSviewer software. The bibliometric map visualises the results of the analysis that targeted the word coexistence. K E Y W O R D S smart city, smart city subareas, bibliometric map

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Smart city concept in the light of the literature review

Winkowska

Szpilko

Pejić

2019

Engineering Management in Production and Services

115

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“…Multifunctionality in Cyprus aff ected a range of social, economic, and environmental aspects of life on the island (Ragkos et al, 2015). Further, the total value of agricultural multifunctionality in Yangtze River Delta in China had increased by 23.2%, which was mainly attributed to a signifi cant increase in food provision and cultural leisure values (Yu et al, 2019).…”

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“…Th e poverty level of farmers in developing countries is more serious than in developed countries; 78% of the total poor population are living in the rural areas of developing countries and relying on farming (World Bank, 2014). It is because due to no or very low government support to the farmers (Yu et al, 2019), lack of adequate infrastructures and subsidies on the agricultural inputs, traditional farming system, conventional types of seeds used in the farms. Th ese problems are causing low agricultural products and low farm income for the farmers.…”

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Prospects of Multifunctionality in Nepalese Agriculture: The Agritourism Perspectives

Bhatta

2019

Jnl Tourism & Adventure

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Multi functionality of agriculture in the developed countries is employed as a means of rural revitalization and economic circulation. Although farm diversification in the developing countries is much more crucial, in most of the rural areas of the developing countries, it is not performed, and it is delayed. In this regard, the main objective of this study is to explore the possibilities of the multi functionality of agriculture for the sustainable rural development for the implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the developing countries. The empirical study was conducted in two of the rural districts of Nepal called Nuwakot and Rasuwa. The author intentionally chose these districts because it is one separate area north of the capital city Kathmandu and bordering to China. Further, even though the location is nearby the capital city, and the rural villages have excessive potentials for tourism activities, the farmers are still focusing on subsistence farming without getting benefits from tourism. Based on the macro data of Nepal government and field visit, the author conducted a case study. This study explored that most of the household heads are working in the agricultural sector, which can be one of the opportunities to launch multi functionality of agriculture. However, due to their weak educational background, they are expecting external supports in terms of knowledge, technology, and more importantly, supportive policy. The federal and central government should give subsidy to the farmers so that they canstart multi functionality in their farms, which lead to sustainable rural development.

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“…Some studies have investigated the hidden links between urbanization and food systems, energy systems or water systems (Seto and Ramankutty 2016, Fang et al 2017, Avtar et al 2019, Liu and Sun 2019. One of the remarkable effects of urbanization on FEW systems is that cropland loss, especially the loss of the most productive cropland, caused by urban land expansion, leads to changes in food production and the amount of agricultural water resources (Seto and Ramankutty 2016, Bren d'Amour et al 2017, Yu et al 2019. Hot spots of cropland losses in MURs have been reported (Bren d'Amour et al 2017, Yu et al 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…One of the remarkable effects of urbanization on FEW systems is that cropland loss, especially the loss of the most productive cropland, caused by urban land expansion, leads to changes in food production and the amount of agricultural water resources (Seto and Ramankutty 2016, Bren d'Amour et al 2017, Yu et al 2019. Hot spots of cropland losses in MURs have been reported (Bren d'Amour et al 2017, Yu et al 2019). Another notable aspect of the effect of urbanization on FEW systems is the increased demands and consumptions of food, energy and water as a result of rapid increases in urban population size and industries (Esfandiari-Baiat et al 2014, Fan et al 2019).…”

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Effects of urbanization on food-energy-water systems in mega-urban regions: a case study of the Bohai MUR, China

Deng

Wang

Gong

et al. 2020

Environ. Res. Lett.

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The security of food-energy-water (FEW) systems is an issue of global concern, especially in megaurban regions (MURs) with high-density populations, industries and carbon emissions. To better understand the hidden links between urbanization and FEW systems, the pressure on FEW systems was quantified in a typical rapidly urbanizing region-the Bohai MUR. The correlations between urbanization indicators and the pressure on FEW systems were analyzed and the mechanism of the impact of urbanization on FEW systems was further investigated. The results showed that approximately 23% of cropland was lost, 61% of which was lost via conversion to construction land and urban areas expanded by 132.2% in the Bohai MUR during 1980-2015. The pressure on FEW systems showed an upward trend, with the stress index of the pressure on FEW systems (FEW_SI) ranging from 80.49% to 134.82%. The dominant pressure consisting of that has converted from water system pressure to energy system pressure since 2004. The FEW_SI in the Bohai MUR was enhanced with cropland loss and increases in urbanization indicators. Additionally, land use, populations, incomes, policies and innovation are the main ways that urbanization affects FEW systems in MURs. This study enhances our understanding of the variation in pressure on FEW systems in MURs and the effects of urbanization on FEW systems, which will help stakeholders to enhance the resilience of FEW systems and promote sustainable regional development.

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Response of agricultural multifunctionality to farmland loss under rapidly urbanizing processes in Yangtze River Delta, China

Cited by 75 publications

References 43 publications

Smart city concept in the light of the literature review

Smart city concept in the light of the literature review

Prospects of Multifunctionality in Nepalese Agriculture: The Agritourism Perspectives

Effects of urbanization on food-energy-water systems in mega-urban regions: a case study of the Bohai MUR, China

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