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Urban Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities

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This lecture discusses the importance of urban agriculture, its role in food supply, landscape management, and economic activities. It addresses the challenges faced by urban farmers, such as land security and competition for space, and the need for policymakers to integrate urban agriculture into city planning. The speaker emphasizes the value of urban agriculture for vulnerable populations and its contribution to the urban economy, highlighting the need for further research to understand its full impact.

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Urbanism: Topics in urbanism

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