Mainstreaming Urban Agriculture: Opportunities and Barriers to Upscaling City Farming
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چکیده
Urban Agriculture (UA), i.e., the production of crops or rearing livestock in cities, is growing popularity. Upscaled UA increasingly gaining support from policy makers, funders, local authorities and other key actors across globe. Radical forms concept, form edible rooftops, urban farms high-tech projects, are becoming more commonplace our cityscapes; enabling on a level not witnessed previously. With mainstreaming large-scale comes potential to further social, environmental economic value practice, through job creation, biodiversity enhancement, creation short food supply chains benefits. Yet, despite this growth, there barriers upscaling city farming. Evidence suggests that core issue surrounds soil contamination hesitation with regards city. This paper uses qualitative approach explore UK’s largest farm spectrum sites illustrate such barriers. We reveal how public hesitation, financial quality prevent development. reflect breadth call for pragmatic these In doing so, we propose path forward at scale.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Agronomy
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2156-3276', '0065-4663']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12030601