The role transition and potential benefits of overseas urban agriculture and its implications for China

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1004-9479.2021.01.2019415

Abstract

Abstract:

As a new form of agriculture, urban agriculture is essentially an urban ecological engineering with the direct purpose of food production, which is expected to make a positive contribution to the sustainable development of cities. In such a context, this paper first reviews the development process of overseas urban agriculture from a historical perspective, and then discusses the potential benefits of urban agriculture in the three dimensions of environment, society and economy based on literature evidence. Taking the green city project in Tel Aviv as an example, it analyzes the concrete performance of multi-functional benefits of urban agriculture. Based on that, the paper further points out that China still has many technological gaps in the development of urban agriculture. In order to meet the possible challenges of the urbanization century and narrow the gap between China and the rest of the world in urban agricultural development, China should take actions in establishing technical regulations and standards system, improving planning and implementation level, promoting the development and application of urban agricultural equipment and strengthening multidisciplinary technology integration as early as possible.

Key words: urban agriculture, ecological practice, environmental benefits, social benefits, economic benefits, technology gap

摘要：

作为新兴的农业形式，城市农业本质上是一项以食物生产为直接目的的城市生态工程，有望在促进城市可持续发展方面作出积极贡献。据此，文章首先从历史视角回顾了国外城市农业的发展历程，进而基于文献证据，论述了城市农业在环境、社会和经济三个维度上的潜在效益，并以特拉维夫市的绿色城市项目为例，对城市农业多功能效益的具体表现予以鉴析。基于此，文章进一步指出中国在发展城市农业方面尚存在诸多技术缺口，为了应对城市化时代可能面临的重大挑战和缩小城市农业发展上的国内外差距，中国应在建立技术法规与标准体系、提升规划设计与实施水平、促进城市农业装备研发应用和加强多学科技术集成方面及早开展行动。

关键词: 城市农业, 生态实践, 环境效益, 社会效益, 经济效益, 技术缺口

Enpu MA, Jianming CAI, Jing LIN, Liuwen LIAO, Yan HAN. The role transition and potential benefits of overseas urban agriculture and its implications for China[J]. World Regional Studies, 2021, 30(1): 136-147.

马恩朴, 蔡建明, 林静, 廖柳文, 韩燕. 国外城市农业的角色演变、潜在效益及其对中国的启示[J]. 世界地理研究, 2021, 30(1): 136-147.

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