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LA AGRICULTURA URBANA: UNA OPORTUNIDAD PARA EL DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE
URBAN AGRICULTURE: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Author(s): Ada Górna
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: urban agriculture; sustainable development; sustainable cities; urban development
Summary/Abstract: The paper takes up the issue of urban agriculture that recently has beendeliberated particularly in the context of sustainable development. Based on a thoroughliterature review it scrutinizes previous defi nitions of the term and analyses their components.The paper also presents the role of urban agriculture in the system of the cityconsidering its economic, social and ecological functions as well as risks connected toit. Finally, sustainability of urban agriculture and the conditions necessary to achieve itare discussed.

  • Page Range: 129-141
  • Page Count: 13
  • Publication Year: 2018
  • Language: Spanish
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