Urban Agriculture—More Than Food Production

Artmann, Martina; Breuste, Jürgen

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-37716-8_4

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“…Urban greening can manifest as projects or programs promoting more environmentally friendly urban living [7]. The European Landscape Convention (ELC) defines a landscape as an area that is formed by the combined influence of natural and human elements [8,9]. Urban greening goals include enhancing the climate adaption strategy by creating green urban spaces to mitigate the direct and indirect impacts on human health caused by climate change and temperature fluctuations [10].…”

Section: Urban Greening and Its Importancementioning

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Urban Greening Strategies for Compact Cities, An-Najaf Historical City, Iraq, A Case Study

Hamza,

Alrobaee

2024

IJSDP

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Urban greening is a crucial trend for achieving sustainability as it helps enhance the local climate and lower temperatures. So interesting green elements in cities is an urgent necessity, not an option. This study tries to elucidate suitable urban greening solutions in cities compact and limited in space. This study aims to clarify relevant urban greening strategies in densely populated cities with limited space, particularly old historical cities, by employing a methodology that involves formulating effective and suitable indicators to enhance urban greening in such places. The findings of the theoretical framework revealed various approaches to implementing urban greening in densely populated cities. These include the establishment of a network of green spaces, the installation of green roofs, the incorporation of front balconies, the use of temporary vegetation, and the creation of gardens and parks outside the city. These strategies were assessed using descriptive methods. These indicators were implemented in the ancient city located in the Al-Najaf Governorate, which is a historically significant city and a crucial hub. The implementation of these strategies can enhance the local climate of the city and transform its roadways and structures in a sustainable manner.

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Section: Urban Greening and Its Importancementioning

confidence: 99%

Urban Greening Strategies for Compact Cities, An-Najaf Historical City, Iraq, A Case Study

Hamza,

Alrobaee

2024

IJSDP

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“…By addressing four kinds of nature in terms of landscape inheritances, human interventions, and environmental characteristics, these include the remains of pristine ecosystems, rural landscapes, novel urban green spaces on vacant open spaces within the urban context, such as gardens, parks, and graveyards created by humans (Kowarik, 2013). These green and blue urban spaces are nature-based solutions for city challenges, as they preserve biodiversity, fight climate change, and improve living conditions, health, and well-being (Artmann and Breuste, 2020).…”

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Perception of native arid nature in urban surroundings by young urban educated dwellers in Jordan

ABUAYYASH¹,

Breuste²,

Sabouri³

2023

Afr. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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More than 33% of the Earth's land surface is considered arid or semi-arid regions, whereas drylands occupy up to 41.3% of the land surface. Increasing urbanization and technological advances cause a disconnection between the built environment and native nature. Also, although species of arid regions are characterized by a high degree of adaptation, they are rapidly moving toward extinction. Since one's perception of nature determines the way people interact with their surroundings, the perceptions of young Jordanians aged 18-39 was explored, and this age group is the largest in Jordan. This study was conducted using a survey. The target group was recruited in Jordanian universities via social media pages to allow the maximum participation of the targeted age group. What forms of nature the young individuals preferred and what forms were accepted, tolerated, and rejected in urban areas were examined. It was found that the participants are drawn to humid and non-arid nature, that is to nature that is generally non-existent in their urban surroundings.

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“…However, emphasizing health risks for consumers calls for careful regulation and implementing safe farming practices to guarantee food safety(Russo et al, 2017). It highlights the need to balance UA's development and public health protection, underlining the importance of adopting integrated and sustainable approaches to planning and managing agriculture in urban areas(Artmann & Breuste, 2020).…”

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‘Parks Are Dead Spaces, Urban Gardens Are Alive’: Experts' Dialectic on Urban Agriculture and Health from Greater Lomé

Konou,

Zinsou-Klassou,

de Roulet

et al. 2024

Preprint

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Urban agriculture (UA) is a long-standing practice in African cities, characterized by several distinctive features. In particular, the amount of land devoted to UA in these cities exceeds that used in Western countries, presenting unique challenges. This article aims to integrate the perspectives on the health of expert architects, urban planners, geographers, economists, sociologists, and experts called upon to relate to the contemporary land tenure system in African cities. These points of view are contrasted with ideas drawn from surveys of urban farmers in Greater Lomé and official urban planning documents. Methodologically, 11 experts were selected in Greater Lomé, Togo, and interviewed virtually via the Zoom platform, and their audio files were anonymized, transcribed, and manually coded. Standard tools such as Word, Excel, Firefox PDF reader, and an advanced Python tool were used for analysis to bring richness and accuracy to the analyses. Thus, according to the experts, the impacts of UA practices on health and the environment in Greater Lomé are mixed. Their discourses on health about UA are also constructed more ad hoc about other elements weighing the risks/benefits or the ‘interstitial’ aspect of UA and the legal/informal, temporary/permanent dialectic. The study reveals that experts' socio-demographic and professional factors could influence their perception of UA. Adopting an inclusive approach to decision-making is critical, considering the different stakeholders involved. The study recommends developing joint planning guides in collaboration with experts from various fields in the cities concerned to recognize local knowledge and integrate the perspectives of urban farmers into UA policies.

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Urban Agriculture—More Than Food Production

Cited by 10 publications

References 97 publications

Urban Greening Strategies for Compact Cities, An-Najaf Historical City, Iraq, A Case Study

Urban Greening Strategies for Compact Cities, An-Najaf Historical City, Iraq, A Case Study

Perception of native arid nature in urban surroundings by young urban educated dwellers in Jordan

‘Parks Are Dead Spaces, Urban Gardens Are Alive’: Experts' Dialectic on Urban Agriculture and Health from Greater Lomé

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