Urban agriculture

Every year California Governor Jerry Brown along with other state employees meet to evaluate the accretion of winter and how spring runoff may help irrigated agriculture. The percentage of snow has been decreasing each year. A press conference was held to inform the public of Governor Brown’s executive decision to restrict urban water use by twenty-five percent. It was no surprise to Californians after facing four years of drought. With the lack of rain and increasing temperatures, climate…

Many people have heard of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers but what is it that causes these rivers and the land between the rivers to be of such high importance? In a world where individuals had been neighboring the land in small groups, and settlements, an essential development occurred: the Mesopotamian river basin. It was here where the world’s first complex society came to light. The rivers provided water for irrigation systems and were routes, although challenging, for transportation and…

For example, urban development is expanding and in turn is decreasing land that can be used for farmland. Consequently, farmers are having to expand their farmland into forested areas which can cause deforestation and the displacement of wildlife. Farmers in these situations…

With global population expected to reach 9 billion by 2050, and the development of urban areas extending into agricultural lands to support growing numbers of residents, there is pressure on the world’s food systems to produce food on less land with greater efficiency (Godfray et al., 2010). In addition to increasing urban developments, productive agricultural land is being lost due to environmental degradation caused by unstainable crop production practices, and more recently as a result of…

Since the majority of the population in Niger is rural and heavily dependant on agriculture, climate volatility is a threat to their economic stability and food security. If food supply is low, the price of food will increase. An increase of prices results in less access to food for the poor rural society. In the smaller urban population of Niger, climate change worsens the existing lack of infrastructure. Urban populations in Niger lacks access to clean water and proper plumbing and other…

(n.d.). This urbanization may be good for economic growth however the land usage as well as labour force related to agriculture is dwindling, and with that, food supply and access. Increased urbanization means agricultural lands are continuing to be located farther and farther away from cities. Cities will have to turn to urban farming in order to sustain…

and its sustainability. Population growth would inevitably lead to urban sprawl towards the outer urban fringes where agricultural lands generally located. Thus, urban sprawl would create conflicts between the most beneficial type of land developments for the land whether it be residential or agriculture. So, the sustainability of the agricultural landscape would ultimately be based on the result of desired land usage around urban centres. In addition, a case study of Sydney was analysed to…

irrigation can cause excess water to leak past the root zone to groundwater. • Urban Salinity- urban salinity is the result of both dry land and irrigation salinity. Urban development and issues such as over-watering parks and gardens, leaking pipes, drains and tanks and blocking or changing natural drainage paths can cause the groundwater to rise. In urban environments there are many other sources of salt that can cause urban salinity including salt contained in effluent, building material,…

have borderline food consumption whereas urban areas consist only 10%. Moreover, 43% of rural household have low dietary diversity and depends mostly on staple foods. On the contrary, only 22% of urban household have low dietary diversity. The reasons are obvious and plausible. Majority of the rich people lives in urban areas, especially employed in industrial and service sectors where average salaries are predominantly high. Poverty headcount in rural and urban areas are 36% and 8%,…

Societies around the globe are experiencing an overwhelming wave of urban growth; it is this urbanization that allows for the modern world to undergo such an extensive demographic transition as cities become the core of our future. In his best-selling novel, Planet of Slums, Mike Davis highlights one key obstacle of urban success: the uprise of the informal working class, more commonly known as the slums. Firstly, Davis analyzes how slums have caused four main macroscale shifts between societies…