Urban agriculture and its biodiversity: What is it and what lives in it?

Royer, H.; Yengué, Jean-Louis; Bech, Nicolas

doi:10.1016/j.agee.2023.108342

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“…Estas actividades incluyen el cultivo de hortalizas, frutas y, en algunos casos, la cría de animales. Contribuyen a la protección de la naturaleza en las ciudades y generan beneficios tanto para las comunidades como para el entorno en el que se desarrollan (Royer et al, 2023). En este sentido, la agricultura urbana surge como respuesta a las nuevas demandas sociales de los habitantes urbanos, con el objetivo de mejorar sus condiciones de vida, desde el acceso a espacios con una mejor calidad ambiental hasta beneficios sociales, como la inclusión de personas excluidas y marginadas.…”

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Las huertas urbanas: una estrategia para la construcción de nuevas ciudades

Gómez Ospina,

Martinez Parra

2023

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Este artículo tiene como objetivo reflexionar sobre la importancia de la agricultura urbana, la urbanización y la participación comunitaria en el contexto de las huertas comunitarias, con el fin de visualizar el impacto que estos espacios colectivos pueden tener en la adaptación de un enfoque sostenible en las ciudades. Para la elaboración del documento se realizó una investigación documental de textos científicos de alta calidad, en portales como Scielo, Publindex, Scopus, así como tesis de pregrado, maestría y doctorado. Por otro lado, se revisaron datos estadísticos para cada una de las variables con el fin de tener un acercamiento a su comportamiento. Los resultados muestran las implicaciones sociales, económicas y ambientales, así como la importancia de la participación en estos espacios. Queda claro que las huertas urbanas son una estrategia que puede neutralizarlas externalidades negativas derivadas del actual modelo capitalista presente en las ciudades, como la degradación ambiental, la contaminación, la pobreza, la desigualdad, etc., y que pueden tener un impacto positivo en la calidad de vida de sus habitantes. Al mismo tiempo, se demuestra que estos espacios agrícolas urbanos se han consolidado como lugares donde ha sido posible consolidar vínculos entre lo social y lo ambiental, posibilitando una nueva configuración territorial.

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Las huertas urbanas: una estrategia para la construcción de nuevas ciudades

Gómez Ospina,

Martinez Parra

2023

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“…There are clearly opportunities for much closer analytical engagement between work on the technicities of agriculture, nature conservation and animal conservation (e.g. Royer et al 2023). Critical here is understanding the way that artificial ecologies further hybridise relations between the urban agriculture and conventional rural agriculture, and between ex situ and in situ natures.…”

Section: Urban Research Agendamentioning

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The urbanisation of controlled environment agriculture: Why does it matter for urban studies?

Marvin,

Rickards,

Rutherford

2023

Urban Studies

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This paper critically examines why urban studies should be interested in the emergence of controlled environment agriculture. Over the last decade, there has been significant commercial and urban policy interest in controlled environment agriculture systems for producing food in enclosed environments. Furthermore, there has been a significant expansion in research publications on urban controlled environment agriculture, stressing the novel character of these systems and the complex relationships with the conventional concerns of urban agriculture. The paper subjects these claims to critical scrutiny and then reconceptualises urban controlled environment agriculture as an emergent urban infrastructure of artificial, highly productive microclimates and ecosystems for non-human life designed to increase the productive use of ‘surplus or under-utilised’ urban spaces. We argue that controlled environment agriculture tries to secure food production through three spatial–temporal fixes: (1) the enclosure move – holding food closer by substituting the increasingly hostile outdoors for the controlled indoors in order to optimise yield, quality, efficiency and the ‘cleanness’ of the food; (2) the urban move – holding food closer to the city by substituting rural agricultural space for urban space to shorten supply chains and thereby help secure food production and improve its green credentials; and (3) combining 1 and 2, the urban interiorisation move – holding food yet closer still by moving food production into city buildings and intricate infrastructural systems, increasing control by securing total environments. In these ways, the paper shows how urban controlled environment agriculture selectively extends existing logics of urban and rural agriculture and identifies the future research challenges for urban studies.

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“…Urbanization remains a powerful mega-trend of the twenty-first century. The world's urban population will grow by an additional 2.2 billion people by 2050 [1], and it will reach 68 percent of the world's total population, despite the temporary delay experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the United Nations' new report on habitat, which was published on 29 June 2022 [2].…”

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The Emergence of Irrigated Agriculture in Semi-Arid Zones in the Face of Climate Change and Urbanization in Peri-Urban Areas in Setif, Algeria

Fertas,

Alouat,

Benmahamed

2024

Sustainability

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This article aims to investigate the complex relationship between a local population and its natural and urban environment. The study area, which was previously dominated by cereal cultivation, is currently facing profitability challenges due to climate change, water scarcity, rapid urban expansion, and the overexploitation of aquifers, influenced by changes in agricultural practices, which are disrupting the local ecosystem. This study relies on three interconnected indicators, population growth, climate change effects on agriculture, and the NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index), and reveals the impact of these factors on agricultural practices. Google Earth Engine was employed to determine the urbanization and greenness indices using scripts. The significant findings of this study demonstrate the remarkable demographic growth of 49.96% during the study period (2000–2020). Furthermore, this growth has led to a new trend towards intensive farming, with a substantial increase in irrigated lands by 44.19% and a multiplication of protected crop lands by 20 times, rising from 19.88 to 405.89 hectares. Additionally, horticultural production surged by 212.4% during the same period. Moreover, groundwater levels shifted from less than 50 m in the northern regions to less than 150 and 300 m in the southern part of the study area. The water potential in the study zone cannot meet the demands of the new agricultural orientation, which tends to deplete local groundwater, potentially causing recurrent shortages of agricultural products. This study underscores the importance of incorporating agricultural production into future urban planning and development programs to maintain a renewed balance between built environments and agriculture in peri-urban areas.

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Urban agriculture and its biodiversity: What is it and what lives in it?

Cited by 11 publications

References 58 publications

Las huertas urbanas: una estrategia para la construcción de nuevas ciudades

Las huertas urbanas: una estrategia para la construcción de nuevas ciudades

The urbanisation of controlled environment agriculture: Why does it matter for urban studies?

The Emergence of Irrigated Agriculture in Semi-Arid Zones in the Face of Climate Change and Urbanization in Peri-Urban Areas in Setif, Algeria

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