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  2. Environmental issues in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The first Philippine constructed wetland serving about 700 households was completed in 2006 in a peri-urban area of Bayawan which has been used to resettle families that lived along the coast in informal settlements and had no access to safe water supply and sanitation facilities.

  3. Urban horticulture - Wikipedia

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    Tixier, Philippe and de Bon, Hubert; 2006. Ch. 11. "Urban Horticulture" in Cities Farming for the Future - Urban Agriculture for Green and Productive Cities by René van Veenhuizen (Ed.), International Development Research Centre (Canada) Garden Culture, A magazine that focuses on growing food in an urban environment.

  4. Urban agriculture - Wikipedia

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    A mixed garden bed of plants for food and for bees and insects in a community based urban farm in New Zealand Tomato plant at Roof garden in Mymensingh, Bangladesh The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) defines urban agriculture to include aspects of environmental health, remediation, and recreation: [ 66 ]

  5. Urban gardening - Wikipedia

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    Urban gardens, also known as city gardens or urban agriculture, refer to the cultivation of plants and sometimes animals within urban areas. [1] These gardens can take various forms and serve multiple purposes, from providing fresh produce for local communities to promoting environmental sustainability and fostering community engagement.

  6. Climate change in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The urban poor in major cities in the Philippines like Manila often will experience the effects worse than those with the economic mobility. Large cities in the Philippines such as Manila, Quezon City, Cebu, and Davao City see an increased risk from both climate change and globalization.

  7. The (Real) Problem With Fake Plants - AOL

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    Credit - Photo-Illustration by TIME; Capelle.r/Getty Images; Artfully79/Getty Images. W hen the German philosopher Immanuel Kant puzzled over why nature looks beautiful to us, he considered the ...

  8. Slums in Metro Manila - Wikipedia

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    In the Philippines, residents of slum areas are commonly referred to as "squatters" and have historically been subject to relocation or forced demolition. With a steadily growing metropolitan area, Metro Manila is subject to a densifying population of slum dwellers—a 2014 article states that Manila has an estimated 4 million people living in ...

  9. Community gardening - Wikipedia

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    The built environment has a wide range of positive and negative effects on the people who work, live, and play in a given area, including a person's chance of developing obesity. [11] Community gardens encourage an urban community's food security, allowing citizens to grow their own food or for others to donate what they have grown.