Sustainable Cities And Urban Agriculture

Katinka Mihova ()
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Katinka Mihova: University of Forestry

Regional Economy and Sustainable Development, Conference Proceedings 2017, 2018, issue 2, 175-185

Abstract: According to many authors urban agriculture is a sustainable future especially for the urban poor of the developing world. Defined as "an industry located within (intra-urban) or on the fringe (peri-urban) of a town, a city or a metropolis, which grows and raises, processes and distributes a diversity of food and non-food products" (Stewart et.al.) urban agriculture is a kind of informal food supply system. An attention to urban agriculture as a phenomenon in many countries arises. Analyses and attempts for systemizing of benefits and negatives of urban agriculture appears.

Keywords: sustainable cities; urban agriculture; city planning; urban sustainability. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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