Urban agriculture in Havana: Opportunities for the future: Jorge Peña Díaz and Professor Phil Harris

<p>Conceptualising sustainable development as that which seeks to achieve holistic well-being means that as a barrier to attaining and sustaining well-being, poverty takes on a similarly more broad definition. Within this framework it is proposed that the breakdown of community; the extinction of experience; degradation of the natural environment; and food insecurity are examples of poverty in the contemporary urban setting because they obstruct access to overall well-being. Through a case study of the Resource Centres for Urban Agriculture and Food Security - Cities Farming for the Future (RUAF-CFF) project being piloted in Surabhi Colony, Hyderabad, India, urban agriculture is assessed as a means of alleviating these diverse forms of poverty. While the findings indicate some success at the project level, urban agriculture's limited ability to address Hyderabad's more widespread and pressing problems - in particular its water scarcity - coupled with the form of development the city is taking means that it is unlikely urban agriculture will gain the institutional support necessary for its further spread throughout the city. Although such findings do not inspire hope for the future use of urban agriculture as a poverty alleviation strategy within Hyderabad, a number of issues are considered which suggest that urban agriculture should rather be supported for its ability to facilitate 'good change' in our urban centres.</p>

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Guerrilla Gardeners, Urban Agriculture, Food and the Future

Urban Agriculture - Informal Urban Agriculture ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-09534-9_8 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 185-196

Author(s):

Michael Hardman ◽

Peter J. Larkham

Keyword(s):

Urban Agriculture ◽

The Future

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Global urban agriculture into the future: urban cultivation as accepted practice.

Global urban agriculture ◽

10.1079/9781780647326.0242 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 242-248 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

A. M. G. A. WinklerPrins

Keyword(s):

Urban Agriculture ◽

The Future ◽

Accepted Practice ◽

Urban Cultivation

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The Wild Life of Pesticides: urban agriculture, institutional responsibility, and the future of biodiversity in Sydney's Hawkesbury-Nepean River

Australian Geographer ◽

10.1080/00049182.2012.649520 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 75-91 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Roel Plant ◽

Jeremy Walker ◽

Scott Rayburg ◽

Jacqueline Gothe ◽

Teresa Leung

Keyword(s):

Urban Agriculture ◽

The Future ◽

Wild Life ◽

Institutional Responsibility

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Spazi aperti periurbani e nuove agricolture in Brianza

TERRITORIO ◽

10.3280/tr2012-060015 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 85-91

Author(s):

Arturo Lanzani

Keyword(s):

Urban Agriculture ◽

Urban Growth ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Historical Landscape ◽

Different Types ◽

The Future ◽

Landscape Quality ◽

The Relationship

Brianza is a prototype of recurring situations in the relationship between residential spaces and agricultural spaces in contemporary towns and cities. Described in terms of their differences, these show the evolution of the historical landscape, the reasons for its deterioration and new planning possibilities. The simplifi ed fabric of the Vimercate countryside, the strings of woodland and built-up areas in the hills, the clearings in urban areas and the woodland and countryside of the Groane open up prospects for new and different types of urban agriculture linked to local specifi cities. The future proposed is plural and examines different relationships between agriculture, collective spaces, the redevelopment of existing settlements, choosing the path of a halt to urban growth and the reconstruction of infrastructure and landscape quality in the Brianza area.

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