Urban farming and its importance for environmental sustainability

Urban farming is one of the approaches to achieve sustainable agriculture that is widely practiced by communities, especially around the rapid urbanization areas to address the environmental and economic issues like greenhouse effects and deprivation. Plenty efforts have been done over the past fe...

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Main Authors:	Mohd Hussain, Mohd Ramzi, Yusoff, Norul Hafizah, Tukiman, Izawati
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Institute of Research and Journals (IRAJ) 2017
Subjects:	NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture NA1 General NA2542.36 Sustainable architecture NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying NA9053.R4 City planning
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/63032/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/63032/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/63032/1/63032_Urban%20Farming%20and%20its%20Importance%20for%20Environmental%20Sustainability.pdf

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spelling	iium-630322018-08-27T04:38:50Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/63032/ Urban farming and its importance for environmental sustainability Mohd Hussain, Mohd Ramzi Yusoff, Norul Hafizah Tukiman, Izawati NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture NA1 General NA2542.36 Sustainable architecture NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying NA9053.R4 City planning Urban farming is one of the approaches to achieve sustainable agriculture that is widely practiced by communities, especially around the rapid urbanization areas to address the environmental and economic issues like greenhouse effects and deprivation. Plenty efforts have been done over the past few decades in commercializing urban farming to the international, national and local level. The paper is aimed to discuss the literature framework of the growing demands of the urban farming activities within the city environment, and how it benefits the environmental sustainability concept. In addition, this paper describes the advantages of urban farming activities from the views of environmental, economical and social aspects which contribute very much to the urban sustainability. The benefits and potential of implementing urban farming within limited urban spaces are evaluated as it also may improve the quality of life among urban communities Institute of Research and Journals (IRAJ) 2017-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63032/1/63032_Urban%20Farming%20and%20its%20Importance%20for%20Environmental%20Sustainability.pdf Mohd Hussain, Mohd Ramzi and Yusoff, Norul Hafizah and Tukiman, Izawati (2017) Urban farming and its importance for environmental sustainability. International Journal of Advances in Science, Engineering and Technology (IJASEAT), 5 (4). pp. 1-4. ISSN 2321-8991 E-ISSN 2321-9009 http://ijaseat.iraj.in/paper_detail.php?paper_id=9679&name=Urban_Farming_and_its_Importance_for_Environmental_Sustainability
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topic	NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture NA1 General NA2542.36 Sustainable architecture NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying NA9053.R4 City planning
spellingShingle	NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture NA1 General NA2542.36 Sustainable architecture NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying NA9053.R4 City planning Mohd Hussain, Mohd Ramzi Yusoff, Norul Hafizah Tukiman, Izawati Urban farming and its importance for environmental sustainability
description	Urban farming is one of the approaches to achieve sustainable agriculture that is widely practiced by communities, especially around the rapid urbanization areas to address the environmental and economic issues like greenhouse effects and deprivation. Plenty efforts have been done over the past few decades in commercializing urban farming to the international, national and local level. The paper is aimed to discuss the literature framework of the growing demands of the urban farming activities within the city environment, and how it benefits the environmental sustainability concept. In addition, this paper describes the advantages of urban farming activities from the views of environmental, economical and social aspects which contribute very much to the urban sustainability. The benefits and potential of implementing urban farming within limited urban spaces are evaluated as it also may improve the quality of life among urban communities
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author	Mohd Hussain, Mohd Ramzi Yusoff, Norul Hafizah Tukiman, Izawati
author_facet	Mohd Hussain, Mohd Ramzi Yusoff, Norul Hafizah Tukiman, Izawati
author_sort	Mohd Hussain, Mohd Ramzi
title	Urban farming and its importance for environmental sustainability
title_short	Urban farming and its importance for environmental sustainability
title_full	Urban farming and its importance for environmental sustainability
title_fullStr	Urban farming and its importance for environmental sustainability
title_full_unstemmed	Urban farming and its importance for environmental sustainability
title_sort	urban farming and its importance for environmental sustainability
publisher	Institute of Research and Journals (IRAJ)
publishDate	2017
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