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How is urban agriculture practiced, institutionalized, implemented, and sustained? A literature review

Nour Alkhaja, Khaled Alawadi, Kholoud Almemari, Ghalya Alshehhi

Progress in Planning

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This literature review of 51 articles examines how urban agriculture (UA) is practiced, institutionalized, and sustained, focusing on governance. It identifies consistent challenges such as discord between civil and municipal actors, contextual factors hindering supportive policies, and urban densification encroaching on UA land. These issues lead to informal or constrained UA practices and tenure insecurity.