Urban Agriculture: As a Transformation Strategy for Social Construction and Improvement of the Quality of Life in Vulnerable Communities in the Urban Area

Urban Farm DB summary

This conceptual paper presents urban agriculture as a strategy to improve quality of life in vulnerable urban communities formed by rural-to-urban migration, particularly in developing countries. It covers urban agriculture's concepts, origins and evolution, draws on experiences from countries that have implemented it, and discusses the social, economic and environmental factors that influence its development, without reporting original empirical data.