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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Main Authors:	Mohd Hussain, Mohd Ramzi, Yusoff, Norul Hafizah, Tukiman, Izawati
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	Academic World 2017
Subjects:	S Agriculture (General) TD169 Environmental protection
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/72223/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/72223/8/72223%20URBAN%20FARMING%20AND%20ITS%20IMPORTANCE.pdf

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spelling	iium-722232019-05-17T04:13:55Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/72223/ Urban farming and its importance for environmental sustainability Mohd Hussain, Mohd Ramzi Yusoff, Norul Hafizah Tukiman, Izawati S Agriculture (General) TD169 Environmental protection 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. Academic World 2017 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/72223/8/72223%20URBAN%20FARMING%20AND%20ITS%20IMPORTANCE.pdf Mohd Hussain, Mohd Ramzi and Yusoff, Norul Hafizah and Tukiman, Izawati (2017) Urban farming and its importance for environmental sustainability. In: Academics World 76th International Conference, 3rd August 2017, Kuala Lumpur.
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description	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.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Mohd Hussain, Mohd Ramzi Yusoff, Norul Hafizah Tukiman, Izawati
author_facet	Mohd Hussain, Mohd Ramzi Yusoff, Norul Hafizah Tukiman, Izawati
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title	Urban farming and its importance for environmental sustainability
title_short	Urban farming and its importance for environmental sustainability
title_full	Urban farming and its importance for environmental sustainability
title_fullStr	Urban farming and its importance for environmental sustainability
title_full_unstemmed	Urban farming and its importance for environmental sustainability
title_sort	urban farming and its importance for environmental sustainability
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Urban farming and its importance for environmental sustainability

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