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Keeping agriculture alive next to the city – The functions of the land tenure regime nearby Gothenburg, Sweden
Anders Wästfelt,Qian Zhang +1 more
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In this article, the role that land lease can play for preserving peri-urban agriculture is explored, where the spatial structure of leasing brings opportunities as well as constraints to the change and continuation of farming in this periurban area.About:
This article is published in Land Use Policy.The article was published on 2018-11-01. It has received 23 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Land tenure & Land management.read more
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Protection of peri-urban open spaces at the level of regional policy-making: Examples from six European regions
TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduced the concept of peri-urban open spaces and exemplified it on the level of regional policy-making in the following six European case study regions: Basque Country (Spain), Flanders (Belgium), Gorenjska (Slovenia), Hajdu-Bihar (Hungary), Mazovia (Poland), and Saxony-Anhalt (Germany).
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A multi-faceted, location-specific assessment of land degradation threats to peri-urban agriculture at a traditional grain base in northeastern China.
TL;DR: It is highlighted that PUA associated with traditional grain bases must be preserved to enhance urban sustainability and resilience, and it is suggested that measures which can adapt to multi-faceted local degradation issues will be the most effective protection for peri-urban areas.
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The factors influencing the profitability of leased land on dairy farms in Ireland
TL;DR: In this article, a Heckman sample selection model was used to examine the factors that influence a farmer's decision to rent, or continue renting, land and the profitability of dairy farmers renting in land.
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Why do farmers abandon agricultural lands? The case of Western Iran
Reza Movahedi,Sina Jawanmardi,Hossein Azadi,Hossein Azadi,Imaneh Goli,Ants-Hannes Viira,Frank Witlox,Frank Witlox,Frank Witlox +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, a structural equation modeling method was used to identify the drivers of agricultural land conversion and land abandonment in Sanandaj county in Iran using a questionnaire developed during a comprehensive literature review.
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Can land-based and practice-based place identities explain farmers’ adaptation strategies in peri-urban areas? A case study of Metropolitan Sydney, Australia
TL;DR: In this article, a typology of farmers' place identity (land-based and practice-based place identity) was developed and observed how these conceptualisations of place identity can contribute to explaining farmers' adoption of incremental and transformative adaptation strategies in the peri-urban environment.
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From ‘weak’ to ‘strong’ multifunctionality: Conceptualising farm-level multifunctional transitional pathways
TL;DR: In this paper, the transition potential from weak to strong multifunctionality often differs between different categories of farms and types of farm ownership, and the notions of multifunctional path dependency and decision-making corridors are introduced.
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Why farm the city? Theorizing urban agriculture through a lens of metabolic rift
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine how urban agriculture arises from three interrelated dimensions of metabolic rift (ecological, social and individual) and propose a framework for differentiating urban agriculture origins and functions across the Global North and South.
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Strawberry fields forever? Urban agriculture in developed countries: a review
Hoi Fei Mok,Virginia G. Williamson,James Grove,Kristal Burry,S. Fiona Barker,Andrew J. Hamilton +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify the need for better understanding of the following five aspects if urban agriculture is to make a meaningful contribution to food security and social well-being in the future: (1) the impacts of continued urban sprawl and loss of peri-urban agricultural land; (2) appropriate government and institutional support at local, regional, and country levels; (3) the role of urban agriculture in self-sufficiency of cities; (4) the risks posed by pollutants from agriculture to urban ecosystems and from urban ecosystems to agriculture; and (5) the
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Transformation of agricultural landscapes under rapid urbanization: A threat to sustainability in Hang-Jia-Hu region, China
TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors analyzed the spatiotemporal dynamics of agricultural landscapes within Hang-Jia-Hu region (China) from 1994 to 2003 using a set of metrics that relate closely with sustainability.
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Von thünen and urban sprawl
TL;DR: In this article, a theory is developed to explain the agricultural pattern near modern urban areas, and empirical evidence related to this theory is examined, showing that the agricultural patterns quite often is one of increasing intensity with distance from the city, quite the reverse of the pattern generalized by Von Thunen's theory.