Abdelmalek Boudjenouia, André Fleury and Abdelmalek Tacherift

In: UA Magazine No. 15 - Multiple Functions of Urban Agriculture

Nowadays, quality of living is considered as a key factor for the physical and psychological wellbeing of city dwellers. The presence of nature in the city is an important component due to the diversity of its functions. In addition, it can be a valuable source for companies, improving their corporate image and working environment. The environmental space of a city determines in part its fitness for habitation and economic resources under the concept of a sustainable city. For farmers, the environmental space primarily represents a production area, but increasingly this space is seen as being multifunctional.

Proceedings and papers of the study visit and workshop that took place from 17 to 25 August 2005 in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa.

Organised by:

• Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF), ETC-Foundation, Leusden, the Netherlands
• Abalimi Bezekhaya, Cape Town, South Africa
• EU-ACP Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), Ede, the Netherlands

The proceedings can be found here. The seperate papers are listed in and accesible through the table below.

IMPACT is a multi-agency partnership formed to help further the research, study and practice of Health Impact Assessments.

The BVSDE  (English: Pan American Health Organization) website is in Spanish and English and focused on Latin America. It contains a wealth of information on publications, events, training materials, etc.

Health and Environmental Risks, introduced by: Karen Lock (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, the UK) and Henk de Zeeuw (ETC-RUAF, Leusden, The Netherlands)

In: Annotated Bibliography on Urban Agriculture

City Ecology, introduced by: Tjeerd Deelstra and Maaike van den Biggelaar (International Institute for the Urban Environment, Delft, The Netherlands)

In: Annotated Bibliography on Urban Agriculture