The Role of Urban Agriculture From Aspect of Cities' Sustainable Development

Radojica Saric, Vladana Hamovic and Svetlana Roljevic

Ekonomika, Journal for Economic Theory and Practice and Social Issues, 2010, vol. 56, issue 01

Abstract: After the World War II, urbanization process in Serbia has been very dynamic. Illegal residential construction, especially in last two decades, has entailed also irrational transformation of agricultural land, which therefore set serious dilemmas ahead of the authorities. The urban agriculture is analyzed from the aspect of configuring the cities open spaces, where the brunt is on sustainable development and environment protection. This paper basic goal is to make perception of economic, social and ecological effects of urban agricultural production on improvement of life quality in the cities.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban; Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.288577

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