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Benefits of urban agriculture: Reality or illusion?
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This article is published in Geoforum.The article was published on 2013-10-01. It has received 32 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Urban agriculture.read more
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Environmental challenges threatening the growth of urban agriculture in the United States.
TL;DR: Abiotic environmental factors influencing urban cropping systems, including soil contamination and remediation; atmospheric pollutants and altered climatic conditions; and water management, sources, and safety are reviewed.
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Urban versus conventional agriculture, taxonomy of resource profiles: a review
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the claims on urban agriculture's comparative performance relative to conventional food production and propose a classification based on conditioning of the growing space and the level of integration with buildings.
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Urban agriculture, a tool towards more resilient urban communities?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the risks and addresses the potential of urban agriculture for more sustainable and resilient cities, and propose new education, participatory and citizenship strategies for urban agriculture.
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The problem of the indeterminate defendant in tort law in europe
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the problem of indeterminate defendants in European tort law systems and in the projects aiming to unify tort law in Europe, such as Draft Common Frame of Reference and Principles of European Tort Law.
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Economic crisis and food security in Africa: Exploring the significance of urban agriculture in Zambia’s Copperbelt province
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the findings from recent field-based research in the Copperbelt province of Zambia, a region where the practice of urban agriculture and the role it plays in urban livelihoods appears to be more significant than in many other urban contexts.
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AGROPOLIS: the social, political and environmental dimensions of urban agriculture.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the gender dimensions of Urban Open-space Cultivation in Harare, Zimbabwe and the gender, commercial urban agriculture and urban food supply in Greater Gaborone, Botswana.
Growing better cities : urban agriculture for sustainable development
TL;DR: The authors have French version: Cultiver de meilleures villes : agriculture urbaine et developpement durable. http://www.cultiver-de-meilleures-ville.fr
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Urban agriculture: environment, ecology and the urban poor
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors attempted to outline and account for the discrepancy between the literature and empirical findings linked to the environmental and ecological benefits of the use of organic gardening practices and proposed a discourse more in line with the practice, views and aspirations of the cultivators.
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