Understanding Urban Food Producers’ Intention to Continue Farming in Urban Settings

Understanding User Intention to Continue Sharing Knowledge in Virtual Communities

This paper introduces the research model of user intention to continue sharing knowledge in virtual communities. The model is built upon Batson’s framework of the act for the public good. Since the focus of this study is on the continued use of virtual communities, the model also takes user evaluation process into account and includes some important constructs (disconfirmation, satisfaction, an...

Urban farming in Hong Kong

Background Suitable indoor green plants have been tested and shown to reduce Volatile Organic Compounds by 80% and carbon dioxide by up to 25% in singe offices, offering significant health benefits to office workers [1,2]. Further studies have also shown that a leafy office relieves stress and reduces negative mood states by up to 60% and just one plant is enough to make a positive difference i...

Peri-Urban Food Production and Its Relation to Urban Resilience

Food production on the urban–rural fringe is under pressure due to competing land uses. We discuss the potential to improve resilience for urban–rural regions by enhancing food production as part of multifunctional land use. Through studies of peri-urban land in the regions of Gothenburg (Sweden), Copenhagen (Denmark) and Gent (Belgium), recent developments are analysed. Arable farming has been...

Urban Agriculture and a Planning Approach to Urban Food Systems

From Farming to Development: Urban Coalitions in Pune, India

ijur_1142 151..164 In an increasingly global India, an agricultural community in Pune, Maharashtra was faced with losing farmland to urbanization and devised an unusual solution. Pooling their land together, these farmers leveraged their social and political networks to take advantage of the changing economic climate in Pune and built a mixed-use township on their 400 acres of farmland. They fo...