Martin Bailkey, Joanna Wilbers and René van Veenhuizen

In: UA Magazine no. 18 - Building Communities through Urban Agriculture

The number of people around the world who live in and around cities is increasing steadily, and the
problems associated with this growth demand creative, multi-dimensional approaches. City authorities
face enormous challenges in creating sufficient employment, in providing basic services such as
drinking water, sanitation, health services and education, in managing urban wastes and wastewater, in creating efficient local economies and in facilitating the creation of environmentally and socially
sustainable communities in their cities.