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Peer-reviewed research and reports on community urban agriculture, food education, composting, welfare and more.
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2011Nola-Kate Seymoar, Elizabeth Ballantyne, Craig J. Pearson · Urban agriculture · Asia
This paper describes the objectives, process, and outcomes of three urban greening projects in low-income communities in Bangkok, Thailand, and Badulla, Matale, Moratuwa, and Matara, Sri Lanka. These projects developed and validated a "Four-Directional Framework" for sustainable community development using participatory action research. Urban greening, incorporating urban agriculture, was found to be an effective tool for improving relationships between local authorities and residents and for building a foundation for sustainable development initiatives.
CommunityWelfareEconomics주민참여 커뮤니티가든 계획과정 연구
2011박은지, 이연숙, 안창헌 · 한국생태환경건축학회 학술발표대회 논문집 · South Korea
This study investigated the planning process of resident-participatory community gardens in South Korea and confirmed their effects. A process was developed to facilitate the embodiment, proposition, and discussion of community garden planning ideas based on local demands. This process was utilized in resident workshops for actual community garden planning, and its effects on residents' views and planning changes were confirmed.
CommunityPolicyFood educationFinal technical report RUAF - from seed to table, 2009-2011
2011Priyanie Amerasinghe, Chenna Basappa Gangappa Yadava, Wijenayake, K.M.A., Suleman, K.B. · CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) · Asia
This is the final report for the RUAF-FSTT Programme for the South and Southeast Asia Region, conducted from 2009 to June 2011 in Magadi, India, and Gampaha, Sri Lanka. The program aimed to strengthen farmer organizations and their marketing capacities in urban/periurban settings, and to develop sustainable urban farming systems. Core activities focused on operationalizing a City Strategy Agenda and an innovation project targeting low-income urban producers.
CommunityFood sovereignty & justicePolicyEconomics커뮤니티가든의 사회적 자본 관점 특성 연구
2011박은지, 이연숙, 안창헌 · · United States, South Korea
This study aimed to identify the social and economic effects of community gardens by analyzing detailed cases in the U.S. based on social capital theory. In the U.S., community gardens are utilized for plant cultivation and horticulture, as well as complex activities like education, play, leisure, and rest, creating sustainable community values. While Korean community gardens often operate as urban farms or parks, the study suggests that managing them with spatial characteristics and programs that foster communities by gathering residents is desirable for community contribution and sustainability.
CommunityEconomicsFood educationPolicy수도권 도시민의 도시농업 참여실태
2011박은하, 오충현 · · South Korea (Seoul)
A 2011 study conducted in the Seoul metropolitan area of South Korea analyzed the participation status and demands regarding urban agriculture. The research involved interviews with urban agriculture site operators and participants from June to July 2011, and a survey of 153 general citizens who participated in a pocket garden event on September 3, 2011. The survey covered urban agriculture awareness, participation status, attitudes towards eco-friendly agriculture, produce safety, and activation measures.
CommunityHealthEconomicsElderlyAnalysis on Consumers' Behavior on Urban Agricultural Products
2011C. Hayavadana Rao · Anhui nongye kexue · China (Beijing)
This paper analyzes urban agriculture in Beijing, China, arguing that its development should be market-based to meet consumer demands for quality, safety, fresh products, and ecological environment. Through fieldwork, the study explores factors influencing demand for urban agricultural products and offers suggestions for promotion.
EconomicsFood sovereignty & justiceCommunity大力发展都市农业 加快农业转方式调结构——潍坊市寒亭区发展都市农业启示
2011崔伟 · 山东省农业管理干部学院学报 · China (Weifang City)
This paper discusses urban agriculture in Hanting District, Weifang City, China, defining it as modern agriculture utilizing urban technology and equipment for production, services, and consumption. The district leveraged its suburban location and rich agricultural resources to develop urban agriculture, aiming to serve the city, enrich farmers, and promote urban-rural integration. This approach involved accelerating agricultural transformation and structural adjustment, thereby enriching the content of agricultural development.
Urban–rural linkageEconomicsCommunityEcology of the Agricultural Labor:the Basis for Sustainable Development of Modern Society
2011HE Hui-li · Ecological Economy · China (Beijing)
This article proposes the "ecology of agricultural labor" as a new alternative characterized by intermediate technology, mass production, local consumption, and recycling agriculture. It illustrates this concept with two examples: natural farming by Jinlei in Zaoqiang County, Hebei Province, and the Little Donkey Citizen Farm in Beijing, China. The study suggests that this approach forms the basis for sustainable development by fostering symbiotic relationships between humans, society, and nature.
CommunityFood sovereignty & justiceOrganic cycle农民专业合作社：发展现代都市农业的重要产业组织基础——以中部地区的中心城市武汉市为例
2011丁胜洪, 杨瑜娴 · 华中农业大学学报：社会科学版 · China (Wuhan)
This study examined farmers' professional cooperatives in Wuhan, a central city in China's central region, concluding that they are effective organizations for undertaking modern agricultural scale operations. Farmers' professional cooperatives are new rural economic organizations spontaneously formed by farmers to adapt to new rural and agricultural development situations, aiming to become an important industrial organizational foundation for modern urban agriculture and rural areas.
PolicyEconomicsCommunityUrban System Dynamics Model of Agricultural Tourism in the Study
2011Bei Zhang · Technoeconomics & Management Research · China (Guangzhou)
This study established a system dynamics model for the sustainable development system of urban agritourism by analyzing its causal loop diagram and stock and flow diagram. Based on this system dynamic modeling and simulation, an optimal mode for the sustainable development of urban agritourism in Conghua District of Guangzhou City was proposed. The research provided a better theoretical basis and response options for the sustainable development of urban agritourism to relevant decision makers.
EconomicsCommunityUrban–rural linkage비모수적 방법을 이용한 도시농업의 다원적 기능 가치평가
2011허주녕, 김태곤 · 한국유기농업학회 학술발표대회 논문집 · South Korea
This study evaluated citizens' willingness-to-pay for the maintenance fund of urban agriculture's multi-functions in South Korea. The analysis categorized respondents into vegetable garden users, general consumers, and all respondents. The estimated values for multi-functionality were KRW 20,367 per household for general consumers, KRW 22,174 for urban agriculture users, and KRW 21,467 for all respondents.
EconomicsPolicyCommunity住民の都市農業への評価に関する比較分析 : 中国の上海市とハルビン市を対象として
2010美華 朱, 莉莉 木南 · Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB) · China (Shanghai, Harbin)
This study used an internet survey to clarify urban residents' expectations for urban agriculture functions and discuss its sustainability through a comparative analysis of resident assessments in Shanghai and Harbin, China. It notes that expectations for urban agriculture functions and the relative importance of economic efficiency, sociality, and environmental protection vary by location.
EconomicsCommunityPolicyBiodiversityThe Thinkings of "Traditional Agricultural Tourism" Transforming to "Urban Agriculture Tourism" Thinking in Pi County
2010Deng Qing-nan · Economic Research Guide · China
This paper explores the transformation of traditional ecological agriculture tourism to urban agriculture tourism in Pi County, China. It suggests that Pi County, a birthplace of "Farm Fun" tourism, needs to upgrade its traditional ecological agriculture tourism to urban agriculture to ensure sustainable development and compete in the Chengdu suburban leisure agriculture tourism market. The paper presents initial thoughts based on the county's agricultural tourism development practices.
Peri-urban agricultureEconomicsCommunity녹색성장의 화두, 도시농업 활성화
2010금성근 · BDI 정책포커스 · South Korea (Busan)
This policy focus paper states that urban agriculture in Busan, South Korea, is in its initial stages and requires significant activation efforts from local governments. It identifies key roles for local governments in promotion, resource discovery, program support, organizational networking, and policy development. To activate urban agriculture in Busan, the paper recommends establishing institutional and policy support, strengthening education, providing experiential opportunities, fostering partnerships among public, private, and academic sectors, and linking with local industries for regional revitalization.
PolicyFood educationCommunity도시농업의 비전과 과제
2010김태곤, 박문호, 허주녕 · 한국농촌경제연구원 기본연구보고서 · South Korea
This study aims to identify the current status and challenges of urban agriculture and propose solutions. Urban agriculture faces chronic problems including securing farming land due to rising land prices, management insecurity resulting from farmland diversion or lease, and increased production costs due to environmental regulations. These issues restrict the range of agricultural management.
Economic viabilityCommunityEconomicsPolicy경기도 도립공원 관리체계 구축방안
2010이양주, 김태현 · · South Korea
This study proposes management system alternatives for Gyeonggi Province's provincial parks in South Korea, including Namhansanseong, Yeoninsan, and Surisan. Namhansanseong is directly managed by Gyeonggi Province, while Yeoninsan is managed by a public foundation, experimenting with private consignment. Four alternatives are presented: establishing a new business office, unified management by the Korea National Park Service, private consignment, or consignment to local environmental groups, with a recommendation for a new business office and active consideration of private consignment, especially for urban parks. It also suggests managing certain urban park areas as "Community Gardens."
CommunityPolicy도시농업 활동 유형화 연구
2010황정임, 최윤지, 장보경, 이상영 · · South Korea
This study segmented and examined urban farmers' behavior in South Korea using a two-step cluster analysis and multi-nominal logit model. Data from a telephone survey of 381 urban agriculture participants out of 2,000 respondents revealed four distinct clusters based on motive, place, companion, area, and hours. Significant differences were found among these groups in terms of age, city size, and housing type, suggesting urbanites select farming types based on socio-demographic profiles.
CommunityEconomicsPolicyDiscussion on the Spatial Differentiation of Beijing Urban Agriculture
2010Junping Liu · System Sciences and Comprehensive Studies in Agriculture · China (Beijing)
This paper constructed an evaluation index system for urban agricultural multi-functionality using factor analysis and analytic hierarchy process for 13 agriculture-related districts in Beijing. Based on GIS spatial analysis of function, Beijing was divided into three urban agricultural subareas according to production economy function, social service function, and ecological protection function. The results indicate that Beijing urban agriculture has an obvious 'core-periphery' spatial structure but with different function-orientation, locational tendency, and development patterns.
Urban–rural linkageEconomicsCommunityBiodiversityPolicyFirst Report of Cherry virus A in Sweet Cherry Trees in China
2009W.-L. Rao, Z.-K. Zhang, Runzhong Li · Plant Disease · China (Kunming)
In June 2007, sweet cherry trees with mottling and mosaic symptoms were observed in a private garden near Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. Twenty-four samples from sweet cherry, sour cherry, flowering cherry, and peach trees in private and community gardens were tested for eight viruses by RT-PCR. Cherry virus A (CVA) was detected in two symptomatic sweet cherry trees, marking the first report of CVA in sweet cherry in China.
Contamination & food safetyBiodiversityCommunityInvestigation on the Development Status of Urban Agriculture Park in Dawei Town
2009Wei‐Chao Jiang · Anhui nongye kexue · China (Hefei City)
This study investigated the urban agriculture park of Dawei Town in Baohe District of Hefei City, China, using site investigation, observation, and questionnaires. It expounded on the park's strengths, weaknesses, challenges, and opportunities through SWOT analysis and analyzed new problems under eco-tourism, proposing suggestions.
EconomicsPolicyCommunity以都市农业发展促新农村建设：概念·观察·思考
2009刘宛 · Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Sunyatseni · China
Based on practical observations and a literature review on new rural construction in China, this article explores the concept of modern urban agriculture and its value and role in new rural construction. It points out that the development of urban agriculture can be a driving force and opportunity for new rural construction, but it is not equivalent to new rural construction itself. Government-led new rural construction should focus on farmer participation and achieving healthy urban-rural interaction.
Urban–rural linkagePolicyCommunityStudy on Urban Eco-agricultural Model in Huangshi
2009Wang Wen-zhen · Journal of Huangshi Institute of Technology · China (Huangshi)
Due to economic development, Huangshi, China, located along the Yangtze River, has shifted its agriculture from a production-centered peri-urban pattern to a multi-functional urban pattern encompassing production, ecology, and landscape. Integrating urban agriculture with Huangshi's notable location along the Yangtze River is believed to give its modern agriculture distinct features and a promising future.
Peri-urban agricultureCommunityBiodiversityAnalysis and Utilization of the Garden Private Environment Space in Community
2009Duan Yuan-gu · · China
This study analyzed community outdoor environment spaces, focusing on deficiencies in current community garden design. Drawing from traditional Chinese housing psychology, it summarized the necessity of community private spaces and proposed design techniques.
CommunityDIY论都市农业、生态旅游和文化创意产业融合——以北京市为例
2009Qian Jing · 现代农业 · China (Beijing)
This article discusses the integration of urban agriculture, ecological tourism, and cultural creative industries as an inevitable trend for the upgrade of suburban industrial structures and the development of modern urban agriculture, citing Beijing as an example. It states that this integration holds significant economic, aesthetic, and ecological value, characterized by the unification of resources, industries, products, and functions. The article identifies the diversity of urban agricultural functions as a basic condition for integration, and the rapid upgrade of urban consumption levels as a prerequisite, suggesting that the government should promote this integration by creating favorable policy and market environments, and talent supply.
EconomicsPolicyUrban–rural linkageCommunity发展都市农业 改善城市生态——以青海省为例
2009许光中 · 北京科技大学学报：社会科学版 · China (Qinghai Province)
This study examines urban agriculture in Qinghai Province, China, as a solution to urban ecological crises exacerbated by rapid urbanization. Urban agriculture, defined as modern agriculture integrating production, services, and consumption based on modern technology and diversified operations, can expand urban green spaces, improve urban ecology, and strengthen urban functions.
Climate changeEconomicsCommunityBiodiversity