Dynamics of Rural Urban Water Flows and Implications on Peri-urban Water Security

Balancing urban and peri-urban exchange: water geography of rural livelihoods in Mexico.

The peri-urban area is the region where there is a more dynamic interaction between the urban and rural. The peri-urban area supplies natural resources, such as land for urban expansion and agricultural products to feed the urban population. In arid and semi-arid lands, such as northern Mexico, these areas may also be the source of water for the city's domestic demand. In addition, scholars arg...

Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture, Household Food Security and Nutrition

The definition of food security has evolved to emphasise access to food, rather than mere availability of food. It also explicitly incorporates the need for a healthy diet, complete with necessary vitamins and proteins, rather than simply sufficient calories. Therefore, adequate national and community-level food supplies must be available year-round; households must have both physical and econo...

Modelling the impact of Water Sensitive Urban Design technologies on the urban water cycle Modelling the impact of Water Sensitive Urban Design technologies on the urban water cycle

Achieving Resilience through Water Recycling in Peri-Urban Agriculture

Pressures on urban, peri-urban and rural water and agricultural systems are increasingly complex with multiple interacting stresses and impacts. As a way of addressing these issues there has been increasing consideration as to how to build and manage resilience in these complex social-ecological systems. This paper presents a case study of the role of water recycling for agricultural use within...

Peri-urbanization: Zones of Rural-urban Transition

1. Peri-Urbanization 1.1. Drivers 1.2. Global Variants 1.3 What’s at Stake? 2. Peri-Urbanization in East Asia: Comparative Context 2.1. The Thai Model 2.2. The Philippine Model 3. Chinese Peri-Urbanization 3.1. Inter-Regional Variation 3.2. Dynamics of Chinese Peri-Urbanization 4. The Case of the Hangzhou–Ningbo Corridor 4.1. Key Characteristics 4.2. Emerging Outcomes 4.3. Peri-Urban Governance...