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Developing Urban Agriculture,Improving Urban Ecology——Yaking Qinghai Province as an Example

XU Guang-zhong

Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing(Social Sciences Edition)

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This article, using Qinghai Province as a case, argues that as urbanization accelerates and cities' ecological crises intensify, developing urban agriculture can help address this crisis. It describes urban agriculture as based on modern technology and reliant on agricultural industrialization, combining features of production, service and consumption, and states that promoting urban agriculture can expand green space, improve urban ecology, and strengthen urban functions.