In: Urban Agriculture Magazine no 22: Building Resilient Cities

In: Urban Agriculture Magazine no 22: Building Resilient Cities

In: Urban Agriculture Magazine no 22: Building Resilient Cities

Further readings

In: Urban Agriculture Magazine no 22: Building Resilient Cities

Jorge Castro Henriques

In: Urban Agriculture Magazine no 22 - Building Resilient Cities pp. 49-50

In recent years, urban agriculture in Lisbon has become more widespread and has received unprecedented media coverage. News articles have appeared on the expansion of agriculture within the city and its suburban areas and on the urban poor who grow vegetables in response to the current crisis. In this way, society has been contributing to the city’s resilience.

Boubaker Houman, Bouraoui Moez

In: Urban Agriculture Magazine no 22 - Building Resilient Cities p. 48

The growing scarcity of water in many regions around the world is a major challenge for the future. Irrigated agriculture is the main user of water in many countries, including in Tunisia, where the productive use of recycled urban wastewater and the use of rainwater, along with more efficient water use in agriculture, contribute to more sustainable production of food for its growing cities.

Johanna Jacobi, Axel W. Drescher, Priyanie H. Amerasinghe, Philipp Weckenbrock

In: Urban Agriculture Magazine no 22 - Building Resilient Cities pp. 45-47

In periurban Hyderabad, India, leafy vegetables are increasingly grown along the Musi River and sold in urban markets. This agricultural biodiversity can significantly help urban and periurban farmers become more resilient to the impacts of such changes.

Diana Lee-Smith

In: Urban Agriculture Magazine no 22 - Building Resilient Cities pp. 43-44

Resilient cities and buildings that work with nature instead of against it have to be designed by professionals who have been trained in and are focused on sustainability. The landmark Carrot City show at Toronto’s Design Exchange brought designers, planners, architects and the general public up-todate on developments in designing for urban agriculture.