A review of practices for sustaining urban and peri-urban agriculture: Implications for land use planning in rapidly urbanising Ghanaian cities

Trends in urban land expansion, density, and land transitions from 1970 to 2010: a global synthesis

“…Our findings reflect this preferential loss of agricultural lands to urban expansion in the country [65,66]. For countries such as India and Nigeria, additional urban land expansion due to the decline in their urban population densities suggests similarly undue impacts on peri-urban agriculture in the absence of the concentrating influence of urbanization [4,67]. With much of their populations dependent on agriculture paired with significant projected urban growth over the next few decades, effective management of urban expansion in these countries especially matters for the overall welfare of their residents and national food security concerns [24,68].…”

“…More often than not, inequalities in access to services as well as employment opportunities facilitate these interactions [75,76] bringing out in sharp contrast the linkage between urban sustainability and rural livelihoods-especially in the context of growing small and medium urban centers. Thus, in a sound urbanization strategy, the role of peri-urban agriculture would also be acknowledged in improving the links between urban, peri-urban, and rural areas (SDG target 11a) while contributing to food security (SDG 2) [67,68,77].…”

A critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and ecosystems and opportunities for circular economy strategies

“…The adoption of regenerative agriculture can facilitate the preservation of soil health through returning organic matter to the soil in the form of food waste or composted by-products or digestates from treatment plants ( Sherwood and Uphoff, 2000 ); (ii) value recovery from organic nutrients through the adoption of anaerobic digestion facilities ( De Gioannis et al., 2017 ; Huang et al., 2017 ), which is related to controlled biogas production for onward injection into natural gas network or conversion to electrical energy ( Atelge et al., 2020 ; Monlau et al., 2015 ). This has the potential to transform ensuing methane from food waste into carbon-neutral energy; and (iii) the embrace of urban and peri-urban agriculture ( Ayambire et al., 2019 ; Lwasa et al., 2014 ; Opitz et al., 2016 ; Thebo et al., 2014 ), which entails the “ cultivation of crops and rearing of animals for food and other uses within and surrounding the boundaries of cities, including fisheries and forestry ”( EPRS, 2014 ). Indeed, by cultivating food in proximity to where it will be consumed, carbon footprint can be mitigated in numerous ways.…”

Sustainable City Planning Concepts and Practices in Emerging Economies: A Systematic Review

“…In Middle Eastern cities, another important region of the emerging world, the 'jargons' of cultural cities, future cities, eco-tourism, or historical cities were introduced, echoing sustainable city planning to be undertaken by urban stakeholders, including private sectors and communities (Crot, 2013;El-Kholei, 2019;Salem & El-Shimy, 2012).Similar with Western concepts, the success and failure of sustainable city planning are also determined by the outcomes to ensure a balance between the needs of people and long-term environmental support (Wang et al, 2018). Sustainable city planning is considered a success if it is able to create certain plans, including strategic actions and monitoring and evaluation of development plans, which promote human development but retain the quality and quantity of essential natural resources as well as economic and social stability (Ayambire et al, 2019). In Middle Eastern cities, the core of sustainable city planning that determines success and failure is the economic growth of communities and social equity among them, which are in line with continuous protection for the environment (El-Kholei, 2019).…”