Urban farming and its importance for environmental sustainability
Urban farming is one of the approaches to achieve sustainable agriculture that is widely practiced by communities, especially around the rapid urbanization areas to address the environmental and economic issues like greenhouse effects and deprivation. Plenty efforts have been done over the past fe...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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Academic World
2017
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/72223/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/72223/8/72223%20URBAN%20FARMING%20AND%20ITS%20IMPORTANCE.pdf |
| Summary: | Urban farming is one of the approaches to achieve sustainable agriculture that is widely practiced by
communities, especially around the rapid urbanization areas to address the environmental and economic issues like
greenhouse effects and deprivation. Plenty efforts have been done over the past few decades in commercializing urban
farming to the international, national and local level. The paper is aimed to discuss the literature framework of the growing
demands of the urban farming activities within the city environment, and how it benefits the environmental sustainability
concept. In addition, this paper describes the advantages of urban farming activities from the views of environmental,
economical and social aspects which contribute very much to the urban sustainability. The benefits and potential of
implementing urban farming within limited urban spaces are evaluated as it also may improve the quality of life among
urban communities. |
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