The purpose of this paper is to classify the LISS-III satellite images into different classes as agriculture, urban and water body. Here pixel based classification is used to classify each pixel of the satellite image as belonging to one of those three classes. To perform this classification, a neural network back propagation technique is used. The neural network consists of three layers: Input...

The aim of this study was to analyze current practices in commercial urban rooftop farming (URF). In recent years, URF has been experiencing increasing popularity. It is a practice that is well-suited to enhancing food security in cities and reducing the environmental impact that results from long transportation distances that are common in conventional agriculture. To date, most URF initiative...

Economic tools and regulatory systems for the urban environment 60 Land use and strategic urban planning 61 Spatial planning on the urban periphery 61 Mixed use planning and urban design policies 61 Transport planning and management 62 Preserving cultural heritage 63 Use of green space in urban areas 63 Urban agriculture and forestry 63 Integrated approaches to urban management 64 Site planning...

New basic factors are affecting the orientation of the research strategies of the CGIAR Centers and national research and transfer of technology institutions in the region (NARI ́s). Global macroeconomy changes imply a new set of rules that are followed by the economies of the region and a redefinition of the terms to face the problems of access to income and ways of overcoming food insecurity a...

Parthenium hysterophorus, an invasive alien weed, is spreading rapidly across various land uses in Nepal. To understand how Parthenium is spreading across land uses at local scale, occurrence of this weed was recorded and its’ coverage in percent estimated along trails and road network at every 100 meter distance in Kirtipur Municipality of Kathmandu valley. In addition, vegetation sampling was...

Ever since the first French geographical accounts of (intraand peri-) urban agriculture (UA) were published on Central Africa in the 1960s, scattered and isolated UA surveys by individual social scientists (e.g. Egziabher et al. 1994) have gradually been giving way to institutional projects led by multidisciplinary teams. As a result, more and better information is now available on a larger num...

This study aims to explore non-agriculture specialized subjects personnel training plan based on urban agriculture ,Which aims to reform the original training curriculum and intend to change it to be more related with the marketing needs. And realize the Universities and the market are on the mutual benefit and win track and jointly promote common development.