Land Use Planning
Submitted by Guest on Mon, 06/06/2005 - 17:15
Isabela. M. MadalenoIn: UA Magazine 4 - Integration of UPA in urban planning
Agriculture is an old urban function. It never ceased to exist in developing countries and is now once again welcome in most developed countries as well. Poor Brazilian communities see urban agriculture as an alternative survival strategy, because it produces food and improves household's nutrition, but also generates income and jobs. In Portugal, city gardening is small-scale, aimed at giving opportunities for child and adult education, providing ways to produce and consume healthy food, and to enhance contact with land and living things.
Submitted by Guest on Mon, 06/06/2005 - 17:12
Gerda WekerleIn: UA Magazine 4 - Integration of UPA in urban planning
An examination of suburban development plans and official plan documents revealed that planning for urban agriculture in suburban development planning is non-existent in North American cities. While proponents of urban agriculture seek land for food production on remnants and left-over spaces in the core, built up areas of cities, they ignore the potential to include spaces for urban food production in the settlements of the future, from the outset.
Submitted by Guest on Mon, 06/06/2005 - 17:09
Tjeerd Deelstra, Donald Boyd, Maaike van den BiggelaarIn: UA Magazine 4 - Integration of UPA in urban planning
Politicians and planners are faced with many competing claims for the use of scarce land in and around cities in industrialised countries. Multifunctional land use - combining different functions within one area - offers a solution. On the basis of a case study in the heavily populated west of the Netherlands, the authors aim to demonstrate that urban agriculture can be promoted as one element land-use offering valuable functions to society.
Submitted by Guest on Mon, 06/06/2005 - 17:05
Marielle Dubbeling, Jesús Loor Bravo & Margarita Llerna CepedaIn: UA Magazine 4 - Integration of UPA in urban planning
The Municipality of Quito is challenged by demands to eradicate urban poverty, to improve the urban environment and to promote a participatory style of governance. Urban agriculture is a potential source of food, income and employment, and is part of a multifunctional use of land, and therefore has an important and strategic role to play in this development. By way of a participatory city consultation on urban agriculture, the municipality embarked upon a process of institutionalising urban agriculture.
Submitted by Guest on Mon, 06/06/2005 - 17:03
Jacqueline Acevedo AbinaderIn: UA Magazine 4 - Integration of UPA in urban planning
Scaling up of activities requires land-use planning municipal policies, as well as specific technical, financial and legal incentives, laws or regulations related to land tenure, access and land taxation. The municipality of Santiago de los Caballeros, in the Dominican Republic, aims to promote a more coherent and effective inclusion of urban agriculture citywide through municipal management and land-use planning policies, mechanisms and instruments.
Submitted by Guest on Mon, 06/06/2005 - 16:59
Kai Weise and Isaac BoydIn: UA Magazine 4 - Integration of UPA in urban planning
Traditionally, municipalities in Nepal are defined on the basis of (the accumulation of) non-farm activities. Agriculture is considered to be a rural activity, which is one constraint to the promotion of urban agriculture. How this problem was overcome is narrated in this article, which describes the integration of urban agriculture into the land-use planning of Madhyapur Thimi municipality located in the centre of Kathmandu Valley in Nepal.
Submitted by Guest on Mon, 06/06/2005 - 16:56
Branco Cavric and Alosius. C. MoshaIn: UA Magazine 4 - Integration of UPA in urban planning
Today, the scale of urban agriculture (UA) in Botswana's urban settlements is very limited comparing to the intensive agricultural practices found in other Southern African cities. In the capital of Gaborone, one of the fastest growing cities in Africa, a few agricultural projects have been started and integrated into its urban development. The aim of this article is to give more details on these improvements using a case study of Glen Valley that is a typical example of urban agriculture integration into urban planning.
Submitted by Guest on Mon, 06/06/2005 - 16:04
Martin Kitilla and Anasteria MlamboIn: UA Magazine 4 - Integration of UPA in urban planning
In the present form, agricultural activities in the city of Dar Es Salaam often conflict with planning of urban land-uses. In some cases, agricultural activities are conducted in fragile environments or hazardous areas of the city, resulting in land degradation and water pollution. In other cases the activities are carried out in areas affected by industrial pollution. The initiative by the Dar Es Salaam City Council to adopt the Environmental Planning and Management approach in the city planning in 1992, was timely and most welcome. Achievements accrued from the new approach have provided significant change to the common practices.
Submitted by Guest on Mon, 06/06/2005 - 16:02
Beacon MbibaIn: UA Magazine 4 - Integration of UPA in urban planning
In 1987, Sanyal suggested that Lusaka, Zambia, was the capital city of urban agriculture (UA) in Africa. This was at the peak of Zambia's economic crisis. Today, one will easily agree that Harare, Zimbabwe, has taken over as the capital of urban agriculture. There is no longer abundant maize growing and in addition, there is little integration into planning. In fact, urban and peri-urban agriculture has been marginalised out of planning; it is not considered a priority by the city authorities and is being gradually squeezed out by residents seeking lodgings to rent, as well as developers. Under these circumstances, a recurring question is 'what factors determine the integration (or otherwise) of urban agriculture into city planning'?
Submitted by Guest on Mon, 06/06/2005 - 15:58
Isaac Chaipa, The Women and Land Lobby GroupIn: UA Magazine 4 - Integration of UPA in urban planning
The growth and geographical spread of urban agriculture in Zimbabwe is largely attributed to the harsh effects of economic structural adjustment programmes (ESAP). The land under cultivation has also increased under the economic hardships of the last years. The responsiveness and actions of urban local authorities in addressing the pressing needs of the urban community has become of utmost significance. The mandate of the Women and Land Lobby Group is to advocate and lobby for gender-sensitive land policies and promote women's economic empowerment through the equitable access to and control of land. The organisation is concerned with ensuring that policies affecting women's access to land are effectively translated into practice and implementation.
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