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Non-point Source Pollution of Nitrogen in Groundwater in Urban Agricultural Region of Shanghai and Risk Assessment
2010Zhou Pei · · China (Shanghai)
A study from July to September 2009 in an orchard village, Nanhui District, Shanghai, investigated the characteristics of non-point source nitrogen pollution in groundwater. Total nitrogen and its three forms (NO3-N, NH4-N, NO2-N) were monitored, revealing NO3-N as the main form (average 1.43-13.71 mg/L). Nitrogen pollution in groundwater depended on land use, with NH4-N pollution most serious under residential areas (average 0.074-0.457 mg/L). Total nitrogen pollution near the river and orchard (average 33.67-62.57 mg/L and 33.05-65.04 mg/L) was more severe than under residential areas.
Contamination & food safetyOrganic cycleUrban–rural linkage南京“三农”发展新方略
2010沈建华, 储健 · 江苏农村经济 · China (Nanjing)
In recent years, Nanjing, China, has promoted the development of urban agriculture amidst rapid urbanization, contributing to increased farmer income and enriched urban life. However, the urban-rural divide remains relatively obvious. A key challenge is how to narrow this urban-rural gap and accelerate integrated development during the "12th Five-Year Plan" period.
Equity & displacementUrban–rural linkagePolicyEconomics도시농업의 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 viabilityCommunityEconomicsPolicyEnvironmental Effect and Management of Urban Modern Agriculture——A Case Study in Chengdu City
2010Liu Cheng-yu · Sichuan Environment · China
This paper examines the environmental effects and management of urban modern agriculture, characterized by high input, high consumption, high output, and high discharge, using Chengdu City, China, as a case study. It states that while urban modern agriculture has a direct impact on the environment, it can develop coordinately with the environment if appropriate patterns are adopted. The paper summarizes environmentally friendly modern agriculture development patterns observed in Chengdu and proposes suggestions to promote further coordinated development between modern agriculture and the environment, which could serve as a reference for urban agriculture development nationwide.
Climate changeOrganic cyclePolicy围城谋事 特色强局——黑龙江省农垦总局哈尔滨分局经济发展战略研究
2010金奎祥 · 农场经济管理 · China (Harbin)
The Harbin Branch of Heilongjiang Provincial Farm Reclamation Bureau faces challenges as a small and economically weak entity with limited cultivated land resources. This study proposes a "1+4" development model, centered on modern urban agriculture as the core industry, guided by the philosophy of "surrounding the city for development and strengthening the bureau with unique features." This model aims to enhance the urban-type economy by integrating supporting industries such as real estate, industrial parks, ecological tourism, and urban services.
EconomicsPolicyUrban–rural linkageStudy on Developmental Pattern and Public Strategies of Urban Modern Agriculture in Chongqing City
2010Xu Han · · China (Chongqing)
This study introduced and analyzed the current situation of urban agriculture development in Chongqing City. From the government's perspective, corresponding developmental patterns and public policies for agricultural development were proposed to promote the growth of Chongqing's urban agriculture.
PolicyEconomics都市农业视角下“西（安）咸（阳）—体化”发展路径研究
2010杨卫丽, 李同昇, 陈波 · 经济导刊 · China (Xi'an)
The promotion of integration in China's Xi'an-Xianyang metropolitan area, while bringing urban economic prosperity, has also created unprecedented pressure on the ecological environment and social problems. Specifically, the "urban-rural dual structure" and "three rural issues" are the biggest bottlenecks encountered during the urbanization process.
Equity & displacementUrban–rural linkageEconomicsClimate changePolicy경기도 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 및 원예치료 프로그램용 쑥 종묘의 유통 기술개발
2010허북구, 박윤점, 오대민, 박종수, 윤숙영, 조자용 · · South Korea
This study developed marketing techniques for mugwort seedlings for urban agriculture and horticultural therapy in South Korea. Researchers examined mugwort amounts needed for various uses, harvest times and yields by seedling type and container size, and seedling quality under marketing conditions. Findings showed that one-year-old rhizomes had the shortest harvest time (25 days) and highest yield (13.2g per plant) at first harvest, and seedling quality did not decrease after 3 days of cold marketing.
DIYFood educationHealthEconomicsSeedling Stage Adaptability of 8 Magnoliaceae Species in Chenggong of Yunnan
2010Lin Ma · Xibu linye kexue · China (Kunming)
A study on the seedling stage adaptability of 8 Magnoliaceae species was conducted in Chenggong county, Yunnan province, from 2004 to 2009. Results from five years of seedling raising indicated that Woonyoungia septentrionalis, Michelia ingrata, and Manglietia grandis were not adapted to Chenggong and died in frost. Michelia velutina showed very significant differences in height and basal diameter growth compared to other species, leading to its evaluation as the top choice for urban gardening and greening in Kunming city, followed by Manglietia maguanica and Michelia lacei.
BiodiversityDIY도시농업 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 linkageEconomicsCommunityBiodiversityPolicyThe role of farmer organisations in marketing periurban 'safe vegetables' in Vietnam.
2010Paule Moustier, Nguyễn Thị Tân Lộc · Agritrop (Cirad) · Vietnam
In Vietnam, urban agriculture significantly contributes to food supply and employment. In 2002, it supplied an estimated 44% of Hanoi's food needs, with over 70% of leafy vegetables originating within a 30 km radius of the city. Approximately 30% of the population in Hanoi Province and Ho Chi Minh City's peri-urban districts are engaged in agriculture.
Peri-urban agricultureEconomicsFood sovereignty & justiceThe Research on the Status and Effect of Urban Agriculture of Kunming:Based the Visual on The Integrated Development of Dianzhong Cities
2010Maoxuan Li, Chen Pan, Zhang Yun-qian · Yunnan Nongye Daxue xuebao · China (Kunming)
This study analyzed the status and function of urban agriculture in Kunming, China, based on the introduction of the Regional Coordinated Development Planning of Dianzhong cities. Kunming's agricultural development was found to play an important role in accelerating economic integration and maintaining harmonious economic and social development within the economic circle. The paper put forward relevant policy recommendations.
PolicyEconomicsOn "Cross-lake Development" Ideas of Junshan Mountain District
2010Peng Zhi-qiang · Journal of Yueyang Vocational and Technical College · China (Yueyang)
This paper discusses the "Cross-lake Development" strategy for Junshan Mountain District, based on the spirit of Western Union and the district's current status. It proposes that the district government should integrate into the urban consumer demand, accelerate the development of modern urban agriculture, join the inner lake tourism zone, develop eco-tourism recreation, integrate into the city's modern industrial system, and accelerate the construction of an eco-Metro.
PolicyUrban–rural linkageSupported by Home Construction Projects, Promoting Plant Protection Mechanical Control Service
2009XU Zengxian · Journal of Changjiang Vegetables · China (Wuhan)
The government of Wuhan, China, developed a plant protection and mechanical control team, supported by home construction projects, as urban agriculture developed. This study summarized the operational mode, safeguard measures, and achievements of Wuhan's plant protection and mechanical control service.
PolicyDigital agricultureTianjin coast urban agriculture characteristic and strategic localization analysis
2009Zhang Ya-guang · Guangdong nongye kexue · China (Tianjin)
This study analyzed the characteristics and strategic localization of Tianjin coastal urban agriculture. Tianjin coastal urban agriculture was shown to possess characteristics such as positional superiority, industrial fusion, multiplicity of functions, essential factor intensiveness, sustainable development, openness, and ecological protection. Its functions include strengthened economic function, consummated environmental protection ecology function, prominent radiation leading function, and developed social culture service function. Key forms include seedling source agriculture, green ecological agriculture, facility agriculture, processing agriculture, sea agriculture, port agriculture, and leisure sightseeing agriculture.
PolicyEconomicsUrban–rural linkageEconomics and Ground Cover Growth Characteristics of a New Method of Shallow Soil Artificial Foundation Planting
2009Jin-Woo Choi, Hag-Kee Kim, Kyong-Jae Lee, Hyun-Kyung Kang · Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture · South Korea
This study analyzed the economics and growth characteristics of native and imported ground cover plants in a new shallow soil rooftop gardening method, using 13cm soil thickness, on the rooftop of the Korean National Housing Corporation. The new method cost 45,000 won/m², which was 50% less expensive than existing methods. Native ground cover plants and some imported species showed increased cover rate, live weight, and dry weight, with improved growth, though some species required weed maintenance.
EconomicsBiodiversityDIYFirst 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加快推行西宁市“农超对接”工作
2009马国珍, 代晖军, 田昌明, 张友录 · 青海经济研究 · China (Xining City)
"Farm-supermarket direct docking" (农超对接) refers to the direct entry of agricultural products into supermarkets, connecting agriculture and supermarkets. This model effectively reduces circulation links and costs for agricultural products, ensuring urban supply and consumption safety and benefiting consumers. Although still in pilot stages in China, it represents a development trend for agricultural product production and marketing.
EconomicsFood sovereignty & justiceUrban–rural linkageThe Development of Urban Agriculture to Improve the City's Ecological Role of Qinghai Analysis
2009XU Guang-zhong · Journal of Qinghai Normal University · China (Qinghai)
This analysis proposes the development of urban agriculture in Qinghai to address the ecological crisis arising from rapid urbanization. Urban agriculture, based on modern science and technology, integrates production, services, and consumption, possessing economic, ecological, and social functions. Promoting urban agriculture in Qinghai is stated to expand urban green areas and enhance the eco-city's functions.
BiodiversityClimate changeEconomicsUrban–agricultural water appropriation: the Hyderabad, India case
2009Mattia Celio, Christopher A. Scott, Mark Giordano · Geographical Journal · India (Hyderabad)
A study in Hyderabad, India, examined urban water capture and its impacts on pre-existing claims, particularly agriculture. Urban water appropriation often leads to conflict with existing water uses. The findings indicate that the magnitude and direction of impacts from urban water transfer on agriculture vary spatially and temporally, depending on location-specific rainfall patterns, existing water infrastructure and institutions, and farmers' adaptive capacities, including recourse to groundwater.
Environmental trade-offsUrban–rural linkagePolicyEconomicsStudy on the Development of Urban Agriculture in Dingxi City
2009Liang Wei · Anhui nongye kexue · China (Dingxi)
This study analyzed the advantages, disadvantages, and existing problems in the development of urban agriculture in Dingxi City, China. Strategic concepts and countermeasures were proposed to provide consultation for urban agriculture development in Dingxi City and similar regions.
Governance failurePolicyEconomicsRemote sensing monitoring of rural urbanisation in Jaipur region
2009Sébastien Gadal · RURAL DEVELOPMENT 2019 · India (Jaipur)
To evaluate the impact of urbanization on rural territories around Jaipur, urban sprawl was monitored by remote sensing from the 1990s until 2008. Using Landsat 5, Landsat 7, Spot 3, and Kompsat-2 satellite images, land cover changes and land use transformations in rural areas were analyzed. This analysis identified the territorial transformation of rural space towards becoming part of the Jaipur metropolitan area, indicating that surrounding rural areas are transitioning into geographical areas of urban agriculture.
Peri-urban agricultureUrban–rural linkage