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LA AGRICULTURA URBANA Y CARACTERIZACIÓN DE SUS SISTEMAS PRODUCTIVOS Y SOCIALES, COMO VÍA PARA LA SEGURIDAD ALIMENTARIA EN NUESTRAS CIUDADES
2006Loracnis Hernández · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) · Global
This work examines how urban agriculture emerged and developed globally and in Cuba, and how it can be a primary means to solve problems related to increasing quality of life and food security in cities. It also aims to deepen participatory methods as tools to characterize and train rural communities on the technological management of their productive systems and how to enhance agricultural biodiversity utilization.
Food sovereignty & justiceCommunityFood education求真务实 狠抓落实 加快发展都市农业
2006Zhu Wang · Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Sunyatseni · China
In Xi'an, China, based on the spirit of the Tenth Plenary Session of the Tenth Municipal Party Committee, the agricultural system's most crucial task is to implement the "Xi'an Urban Agriculture Acceleration Development Implementation Plan" to achieve rapid and sound development of the agricultural and rural economy. Accelerating urban agriculture development is positioned as a foundational project for building a new socialist countryside.
PolicyEconomicsPROMOTING COMMUNITY GARDENING TO LOW-INCOME URBAN PARTICIPANTS IN THE WOMEN, INFANTS AND CHILDREN PROGRAMME (WIC) IN NEW MEXICO
2006Shawn Teresa Flanigan, Roli Varma · Community Work & Family · United States (New Mexico)
This study investigated the effectiveness of methods used by nutrition educators to promote the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) community garden project in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. A survey of 257 clients from five clinics found that less than 30% of clients had been exposed to the project, and caseload was unrelated to the promotion methods used. However, clients exposed to any method of promotion were more likely to garden than those not exposed, and importantly, clients reported eating more vegetables after being exposed to the project.
CommunityWelfareHealthFood educationMetromorphosis: Documenting Change
2006Mark Tranel, Larry Handlin · Journal of Urban Affairs · United States (St. Louis)
This study investigated the impact of community gardens on revitalization in urban neighborhoods in St. Louis, United States. The research used GIS software to collect 1990 and 2000 Census data for 3-block radii around the study gardens, focusing on indicators of resident quality of life and neighborhood conditions. Using difference of differences to measure change, the findings indicated that Garden Impact Areas improved in these indicators.
CommunityHealthEconomicsDiscussion on the Relationship between the Development of Urban Agriculture and the Construction of Urban Environment
2006Yang Shu-bi · Sci-Tech Information Development & Economy · Global
This paper discusses the significant role of urban agriculture in the construction of the urban environment. Based on the location of urban agriculture, it explores harmonious development modes for urban agriculture and the urban environment in both near and outer suburbs, and puts forward concrete suggestions for the planning and practice of urban agriculture.
PolicyUrban–rural linkageSTUTY ON DEVELOPMENT OF UBAN AGRICULTURE BASED ON THE AGGREGATE PERSPECTIVE OF URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS
2006Zhou Jian-hua · Economic Geography · China
This paper analyzes urban agriculture in China's Chang-Zhu-Tan area, using it as an example. It presents a design for a construction framework of urban agriculture during the formation period of urban agglomerations and proposes development strategies. The abstract states that urban agriculture has great significance in the emergence of urban agglomeration and the mixture of city and countryside.
Urban–rural linkagePolicyEconomicsInternational Experience of Urban Agriculture and its Enlightenments to China
2006Liu Chang-yun · Shijie dili yanjiu · China
This essay introduces the successful modus operandi and experiences of urban agriculture in Japan, Germany, Singapore, and the Netherlands, and analyzes its basic functions. While urban agriculture has developed earlier and accumulated much experience in foreign countries, it is still a fresh matter in China. Considering China's situation, the author puts forward suggestions for developing urban agriculture, including scientific planning and reasonable distribution, strengthening government support, using more ways to invest and collect financing, promoting scientific content and expanding the scale of urban agriculture districts, paying close attention to the development of agriculture tourism, and intensifying propaganda.
PolicyEconomicsUrban–rural linkagePractice and Thinking of Roof Garden
2006Liang Ji · Chinese Landscape Architecture · China (Beijing)
This paper introduces the rooftop greening project of Tonghui Jia Yuan in Beijing. It identifies existing problems within the project and analyzes the prospects for the development of rooftop gardens.
CommunityPolicyUrban Agriculture as a Global Economic Activity with Special Reference to the City of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
2006Nyumbaiza Tambwe · African and Asian Studies · Democratic Republic of Congo (Lubumbashi)
Based on semi-structured interviews conducted in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, from November 2004 to March 2005, and documentary sources, factors driving engagement in urban agriculture were identified. Structural adjustment programs, declining world prices of primary commodities, economic crisis, low wages, unemployment, rapid population growth, war, and poverty push urban dwellers into agricultural activities, while urban agriculture also serves as a source of food, income, and employment.
EconomicsFood sovereignty & justiceWelfare城乡一体 统筹联动 扎实推进农村新社区建设
2006马卫光 · 宁波通讯 · China (Ningbo)
Since the Central Committee's strategic deployment for building new socialist rural areas, Zhenhai District in China has actively implemented policies, making new rural construction a priority for the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan." The district formulated guidelines, outlining key tasks such as developing urban agriculture, boosting village economies, increasing farmers' income, accelerating infrastructure, and expanding public services to rural areas. Zhenhai District has rapidly advanced the construction of new rural communities, emphasizing integrated urban-rural planning and coordinated development, resulting in well-planned, clean, well-serviced, culturally rich, democratically managed, and comfortable rural communities.
Urban–rural linkagePolicyCommunityPeri-urban agricultureA AGRICULTURA URBANA EM UBERLÂNDIA (MG)
2006Sidivan Aparecido Resende, João Cleps · Caminhos de Geografia · Brazil
This research examines agricultural activities in the urban area of Uberlândia (MG), Brazil, aiming to understand their role and importance in development, specifically in local supply and food security. Defining urban agriculture as rural activities occurring near or within cities, the study seeks to recognize the reality and importance of these activities in Uberlândia's urban environment by comprehending rural-urban interactions.
Food sovereignty & justiceEconomicsUrban–rural linkageAGRICULTURA URBANA- EXPERIÊNCIA DA UFRRJ
2006Edilene Lagedo Teixeira, Janailton Coutinho, Adriano Costa da Silva, Andréa Soares, Camila Silva de Oliveira, Carla Gomes dos Santos, Beatriz Ribeiro Guimarães · REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE AGROECOLOGIA · Brazil
This study, conducted in 2003 by UNISOL REGIONAL and UFRRJ, aimed to develop an organic, condiment, and medicinal garden through social education activities. A socioeconomic survey of the community revealed urgent problems with water scarcity, mosquitoes, and rodents. While two garden beds and 12 planters were built to encourage self-sustaining urban agriculture, the abstract does not explicitly state the success or failure of achieving self-sustainability or addressing the identified community problems beyond the construction itself.
Limited or null effectCommunityFood educationOrganic cycleEconomicsContemporary agri-ecological systems and their contribution to community resilience: reconnecting people and food, and people with people
2006Christine King · Proceedings of the 50th Annual Meeting of the ISSS - 2006, Sonoma, CA, USA · Global
This paper reports on research exploring how alternative agricultural approaches, such as Organic Agriculture, Biodynamics, Permaculture, CSAs, Farmers Markets, and Community Gardens, contribute to more resilient agri-ecological systems and communities. These systems are reviewed in relation to key concepts from ecological systems thinking, including ecological resilience, biodiversity, and holism. The paper discusses how these systems contribute to more sustainable and resilient communities through community development processes like relationship building, genuine participation, inclusiveness, resource mobilization, and creating space for knowledge sharing.
CommunityCSA & TeikeiFood sovereignty & justiceBiodiversityClimate changeGrounded Visualization: Integrating the Analysis of Qualitative and Quantitative Data through Grounded Theory and Visualization
2006LaDona Knigge, Meghan Cope · Environment and Planning A Economy and Space · United States
This paper conceptualizes and demonstrates an integrated analytical method for using qualitative and quantitative data through geographic information systems (GIS) and ethnography. It proposes that visualization, approached from the analytical base of grounded theory, can construct an iterative, reflexive, contextual, and conceptual analysis strategy. Knigge's work on community gardens in Buffalo, New York, is used as a substantive example of these proposed methods.
CommunityPour la promotion d'une agriculture urbaine et périurbaine multifonctionnelle à Hanoi
2006Mubarik Ali, Hubert De Bon, Paule Moustier · Agritrop (Cirad) · Vietnam (Hanoi)
This paper discusses how multifunctional urban and peri-urban agriculture in Hanoi contributes to solving emerging problems in megacities. Beyond supplying fresh food to expanding cities, it can provide relief and income to migrant agricultural workers, especially when they struggle to find other employment during their initial migration phase.
Urban–rural linkageEconomicsWelfareVitamin G: effects of green space on health, well-being, and social safety
2006Peter Groenewegen, A.E. van den Berg, S. de Vries, Robert Verheij · BMC Public Health · Netherlands
This article discusses the design of a research program in the Netherlands on the effects of green space in the living environment on health, well-being, and social safety. The program consists of three observational studies at different scales: macro (national data), intermediate (urban green space effects), and micro (allotment gardens). It combines existing land use and health interview survey data with new data collected via questionnaires and interviews, to be analyzed using multilevel analysis and GIS techniques.
HealthCommunityPolicySquaring Farm Security and Food Security in Two Types of Alternative Food Institutions*
2006Julie Guthman, Amy Wilson Morris, Patricia Allen · Rural Sociology · United States (California)
Survey and interview research conducted in California during 2004–2005 examined the extent to which CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture) and farmers' markets address food security. Managers of these institutions generally supported the idea of improving food affordability and most made efforts to do so, though these efforts varied with institutional capacity. Some managers tempered their interest in supporting food security goals with concerns such as the primary need to support farmers.
CSA & TeikeiFood sovereignty & justiceEconomicsWelfareCommunity Seeds: Building Community through Gardening
2006Kristin McGee · Deep Blue (University of Michigan) · United States
"Community Seeds" is a handbook providing basic information on gardening and starting community garden projects for community members, church members, young people, and schools. It covers definitions, getting started with community gardening, basic gardening skills like design, composting, and vegetable gardening, and how gardening can build community through farm-to-school programs, community supported agriculture, and marketing produce. The handbook also lists Internet and reading resources.
CommunityFood educationCSA & TeikeiDIYSustainability of Agriculture and Urban Quality of Life in Japan : Economic Efficiency, Sociality and Environment Protection
2006Lily Kiminami, Akira Kiminami · Studies in Regional Science · Japan
Urban agriculture in Japan faces problems such as farmland reduction, farmer aging, expansion of abandoned cultivated land, and environmental pollution from livestock waste or agricultural chemicals. Urban agriculture can contribute to improving urban quality of life by supplying agricultural goods, creating landscapes, ensuring land conservation, and providing environmental benefits like biodiversity conservation. However, these issues pose challenges to the economic viability of urban agriculture.
Economic viabilityEconomicsCommunityBiodiversityPolicyUrban–rural linkagePlanting Peace: The Greater London Council and the Community Gardens of Central London
2006Paul Gough · International Journal of Heritage Studies · United Kingdom (London)
This paper examines in detail two community gardens in central London. These gardens owe their origins to radical local agendas set within the political climate of the Cold War of the 1980s and grand visions for world peace. Twenty years after their creation, the author explores their current condition and examines their value as sites of political value and heritage.
CommunityPolicyUtilização do sistema de avaliação do potencial de uso urbano das terras no diagnóstico ambiental do município de Santa Maria - RS
2006Fabrício de Araújo Pedron, Ricardo Simão Diniz Dalmolin, Antônio Carlos de Azevedo, Everton Luís Poelking, Pablo Miguel · Ciência Rural · Brazil (Santa Maria)
This study conducted an environmental diagnosis in urban areas of Santa Maria, Brazil, using the Urban Land Use Potential Assessment System (SAPUT) to identify land use conflicts. Remote sensing and geoprocessing techniques were employed. The identified problems of improper land use are related to the fragility of geological material and soil resources, with up to 33% of the area being used beyond its potential due to inadequate use for construction and urban agriculture.
Governance failureUrban–rural linkagePolicyClimate changeThe Advantages of a Rooftop Garden and Other Things
2006Robin Vande Zande · International Journal of Art & Design Education · Global
This article outlines important concepts for teaching young people about regeneration design and the future of our changing environment. Three regeneration principles adhered to by city planners, architects, and product designers—smart growth, sustainable development, and new urbanism—are highlighted as a common thread in restructuring efforts for cities and buildings to be aesthetically, economically, and ecologically healthier places for human and non-human life.
DIYClimate changeBiodiversityTesting the recommendations of the Washington State Nutrition and Physical Activity Plan: the Moses Lake case study.
2006Donna B. Johnson, Lynne T. Smith · PubMed · United States (Washington)
The city of Moses Lake, Washington, a town of about 15,000 people, was chosen as a pilot site to test the conceptual approaches and recommendations of the state's Nutrition and Physical Activity Plan. An advisory committee used local policy and environment inventory data to develop a Healthy Communities plan, launching three initiatives: a trail system, breastfeeding facilities, and a community garden. Records of cumulative actions demonstrated the project's continued activity and productivity, with environmental changes and long-term health outcomes to be monitored.
CommunityHealthDiscussion on Metropolitan Agriculture in Nanchang City
2006MA Yi-lin · · China (Nanchang)
This paper discusses metropolitan agriculture, a new form of agriculture emerging with urbanization to meet the multi-level needs of urban residents and support economic, social, and ecological development. It notes that the characteristics of metropolitan agriculture vary by country and region. Based on successful international urban agriculture experiences, the paper proposes a development scheme for Nanchang's agriculture, covering developmental orientation, functional zoning, and the government's role.
PolicyUrban–rural linkageEconomicsCommunity中国上海市における都市農業の持続可能性
2006莉莉 木南, 章 木南, 美華 朱 · Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB) · China (Shanghai)
This research aims to analyze the sustainability of urban agriculture in Shanghai, China, from the aspects of economic efficiency, sociality, and environmental conservation. These aspects will be evaluated using a questionnaire survey method targeting residents on urban agriculture.
EconomicsCommunityClimate changePeri-urban agriculture