RUAF - Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security - Land Use Planning

Latest issue of the UA-Magazine now available

Ellen Radstake — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 06:41:50 +0000

Integrating urban agriculture in the urban landscape

Ellen Radstake — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:22:23 +0000

Marielle Dubbeling

The current global urban population is expected to double by 2050, with 90 percent of urban growth taking place in developing countries. Many cities are ill equipped to handle such large-scale expansion. Various cities are starting to recognise urban agriculture as an integral part of urban planning, upgrading and design. They are including urban agriculture in land use planning, social housing programmes and slum upgrading. This article
describes some examples of their strategies.

Papussa (2006)

Femke Hoekstra — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:13:09 +0000

This is a series of 5 Policy Briefs produced under the EU funded PAPUSSA (Production in Aquatic Peri-urban Systems in Southeast Asia) project, a collaborative reserach project of European organisations and Asian partners in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, Phnom Penh in Cambodia, and Bangkok in Thailand (www.papussa.org). Elaboration: Marielle Dubbeling, ETC Urban Agriculture (m.dubbeling@etcnl.nl); language editing: William Lesschen; Graphic design: Zonacuario, Quito, Ecuador.

Books

Femke Hoekstra — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:06:35 +0000

RUAF Publications

Femke Hoekstra — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:04:56 +0000

Since the start of the first RUAF programme until now, many RUAF Publications have been published. On this page, you will find links to the the RUAF Publications available online, subdivided per type of publication. If you are looking for non-RUAF publications, you should search our bibliographic database. If you are looking for a certain Urban Agriculture Magazine article, please go to the Urban Agriculture Magazine section of this website.

Optimization of vacant land for urban agriculture

Femke Hoekstra — Mon, 03 May 2010 09:22:02 +0000

This presentation describes the process of the "Optimization of vacant land for urban agriculture", a programme simultaneously implemented in 3 cities in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The programme was coordinated by the Urban Management Programme - Regional Coordination for Latin America and the Caribbean (UMP-LAC/UNHABITAT), IPES-Promocion for Sustainable Development Research Centre (IDRC), and implemented with support of the Municipality of Rosario, CEPAR and CEAH - National University of Rosario.

Growing Better Cities: The Lessons

Femke Hoekstra — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:24:28 +0000

Slideshow on lessons learned in urban agriculture on the website of IDRC

Sustainable Food Planning

Femke Hoekstra — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:01:54 +0000

Video - City Farmer News

Femke Hoekstra — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:51:17 +0000

Please click on this link http://www.cityfarmer.info/category/video/ to watch videos by Michael Levenston on:

Vacant Lot in Down
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Family Business Garden as an Innovative Enterprise in Urban Agriculture

Femke Hoekstra — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:49:03 +0000

Thilak T. Ranasinghe

In: UA Magazine no. 19 - Stimulating Innovation in Urban Agriculture

Home gardening is usually seen as a subsistence-oriented production system. However, in urban and suburban areas land is a precious
resource, which is why home gardening can be turned into a profitable production system. In this context the concept of the Family Business Garden was launched on World Environment Day 2000 in Sri Lanka.

Landcare

Femke Hoekstra — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:24:38 +0000

Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research is an environmental research organisation in New Zealand that specialises in sustainable management of land resources to optimise primary production, enhance biodiversity, increase the resource efficiency of businesses, and conserve and restore the natural assets of communities. The website provides information, frameworks and processes that can be used by those wishing to engage different stakeholders more effectively in research and development. Numerous on-line papers and reports are available.

The Development of Urban Agriculture; some lessons learnt (2004)

Femke Hoekstra — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:36:39 +0000

H. de Zeeuw

Key note paper for the International Conference ”Urban Agriculture, Agro-tourism and City Region Development”, Beijing, 10-14 October, 2004

Integration of Agriculture in Urban Land Use Planning

Femke Hoekstra — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:01:18 +0000

Takawira Mubvami, Shingirayi Mushamba and Henk de Zeeuw

In: Cities Farming for the Future - Urban Agriculture for Green and Productive Cities

Urban agriculture is a relatively new urban issue, in which different sectors and institutions are involved. It requires the development of new planning practices, or the adaptation of existing ones, and supportive policies. The preceding chapter argues that participatory and multi-stakeholder processes and tools are required in this process. This chapter elaborates on this argument by focusing on urban land use planning. It takes a South East African perspective and analyses the different paradigms, approaches and tools towards urban policy making and planning related to urban agriculture. Major issues and challenges include the distribution, control of and access to the use of land and other resources, conflicts between uses and users and the regulatory framework for urban agriculture. The chapter ends with a discussion on planning tools and techniques which can be used to integrate urban agriculture into urban planning and development.

Introduction

Femke Hoekstra — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:54:33 +0000

René van Veenhuizen

In: Cities Farming for the Future - Urban Agriculture for Green and Productive Cities

Attention to urban agriculture has increased markedly during the last couple of decades. The number of activities to promote urban agriculture at international, national and local level has grown, but urban farmers in many cities in the world still struggle to get their main survival strategy recognised by city authorities. The demand of policy makers and local practitioners for inspiring examples of successful policies and actions in cities is therefore growing. Urban agriculture contributes to a wide variety of urban issues and is increasingly being accepted and used as a tool in sustainable city development. Currently the challenge is its integration into city planning and facilitation of its multiple benefits for urban inhabitants. This book seeks to present the current state of affairs regarding urban agriculture and sustainable urban development.

Cities Farming for the Future - Urban Agriculture for Green and Productive Cities (2006)

Femke Hoekstra — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:07:58 +0000

Edited by René van Veenhuizen (2006). Published by RUAF Foundation, IDRC and IIRR.

The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Edinburgh

Femke Hoekstra — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 08:41:20 +0000

The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Edinburgh (formerly the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology and the Institute of Freshwater Ecology) conducts research on air pollution, climate change, and sustainable land use in the tropics.

Partnering with the poor: leveraging land for change

Femke Hoekstra — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:26:35 +0000

Wednesday June 21, 13.30 - 15.30 hrs.
Room MR03
The session is organized by McGill University-Canada in cooperation with RUAF partner ETC Urban Agriculture and supported by IDRC.

This panel is based on the experiences gained in the Making the Edible Landscape project, jointly implemented by the above mentioned organisations and local partners in Kampala, Colombo and Rosario.

It will explore how land can be utilized by local authorities for (1) low-cost housing for the urban poor (2) inclusion in low cost housing projects of urban food production and empowerment of citizens through participatory processes, commercialization and income-generation (3) public-private partnership for sustainable development. Four mayors, horticulturists, housing experts and community representatives from the above mentioned cities as well as from Montreal will present urban upgrading and new construction projects that include food production and where the community plays an active part in both the decision-making and the maintenance of public lands.

Growing better cities to enhance food security, create jobs and protect the environment

Femke Hoekstra — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 12:24:19 +0000

This session was organised by IDRC, in cooperation with RUAF partners ETC-Urban Agriculture and IGSNRR.

In this panel local authorities from Beijing, Kampala, Rosario and Vancouver shared their experiences and discussed the next steps in strengthening the contribution of various forms of urban and peri-urban agriculture to different “city visions

Multifunctional Land Use in a Small Urban Agricultural Community in Lagos

Femke Hoekstra — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 13:00:04 +0000