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The rise of urban gardening is closely tied to rapid urbanization, which has reduced the availability of arable land and increased reliance on long-distance food supply chains. This shift has led to renewed interest in growing food within cities, as seen in the development of community gardens and urban farms.
Urban farmers who follow sustainable agricultural methods can not only help to build local food system infrastructure, but can also contribute to improving local air, and water and soil quality. [127] Urban farming serves as one type of green space in urban areas, it has a positive impact on the air quality in the surrounding area.
The burning of fossil fuels is the main source of the excess greenhouse gases causing climate change, but there are other sources to consider as well.A special report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimated that, in the last 150 years, fossil fuels and cement production have been responsible for only about two-thirds of climate change while the other third has been ...
One of the obvious health benefits of gardening is the increased intake of fruits and vegetables, but the act of gardening itself provides an additional major health benefit. Gardening is a low-impact exercise, which when added into daily activities, can help reduce weight, lower stress, and improve overall health.
Sustainable urban agriculture (SUA) offers several benefits, including: Reducing dependence on industrial agriculture and its associated negative environmental impacts [5] Improving air quality, providing educational opportunities and promoting community development; Year-round production, regardless of weather conditions
Sustainable gardening includes the more specific sustainable landscapes, sustainable landscape design, sustainable landscaping, sustainable landscape architecture, resulting in sustainable sites.
Climate change has been observed to have caused impact on human health and livelihoods in urban settings. [38] Urbanization commonly occurs in cities with low and middle income communities that have high population density and a lack of understanding of how climate change, which degrades their environment, is affecting their health.
Some climate change effects: wildfire caused by heat and dryness, bleached coral caused by ocean acidification and heating, environmental migration caused by desertification, and coastal flooding caused by storms and sea level rise. Effects of climate change are well documented and growing for Earth's natural environment and human societies. Changes to the climate system include an overall ...