Urban Agriculture and its Effect on Urban Sustainable Development (Case study Tabriz city)

Document Type : Research Paper

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2 – MSc in Landscape Engineering, Department of Landscape Engineering, agricultural Faculty, University of Tabriz,

Abstract

one of the strategies for sustainable urban development, preservation and development of urban agriculture as one of the main patterns of ecological development and sustainability, which has been a key role in urban ecological balance as well as being a key role in the creation of food security and employment. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the ecological and economic effects of urban agriculture on the sustainability of the urban environment.
This study investigated the ecological and economic impacts of urban agriculture on urban environment sustainability using library resources and preparing a questionnaire and analyzing it with Spss software and ENVI-met simulator software has also been used to evaluate the environmental performance of agriculture in the city. In this study, the city of Tabriz has been selected as one of the major cities in the country to study these changes and the changes of Tabriz urban green spaces during the past decades have been analyzed and studied. Landsat satellite imagery has been used to evaluate these changes.
The study of the obtained results shows that with the expansion of the city to the surrounding area and mainly on the green spaces and gardens of the city, major changes have taken place in the amount of green spaces. The results of the study of both ecological and economic functions indicate that the ecological impact of agriculture improves environmental conditions, thereby increasing production, employment and improving food security of urban communities and improving the economic status of cities.

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JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION
Volume 32, Issue 4
June 2022
Pages 285-301

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