Cities Are More Important Than Ever

Guillén, Pablo; Komac, Urša

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“…A recently published study in The Lancet indicates that future occurrences of virus-borne diseases will evolve and continue to emerge in rapid succession [7], while the movement of people looking for better economic opportunities will increase pressure on large cities to accommodate more influx of such people, thus driving them into urban concrete jungles [8].…”

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“…Particularly, demand for fresh perishable products (e.g., vegetables and certain types of fruits) will be difficult to cope with [10] . The economic prosperity that are expected to drive growth of urban jungles will also increase demand for transporting people and goods, thus creating severe traffic congestions making the situation more dire [8]. The time taken to transport fresh food items and the corresponding cost of transportation from far away farms will render the supply of such products from distant locations less feasible.…”

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Entrepreneurship in Urban Jungles through High-Tech Vertical Farming

Jassem¹,

Razzak²

2021

Entrepreneurship - Contemporary Issues

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Demographic movements forecasted by the United Nations indicates that, over the next few decades greater portion of people will be concentrated in and around large cities of the world. Such population dynamics in parallel with emerging phenomena such as global pandemics and impact of climate change are posing threats to the supply chain of agricultural production. The reliance on traditional open-field cultivation and transportation of fresh products to distant urban locations are coming under threat. This has been further exposed by the current pandemic (Covid-19) that is impeding farm production along with movement of people and goods. A viable solution lies in vertical in-door farming driven by advanced technologies. The use of high-tech solutions to grow vegetables, fruits and flowers close to consumption centers has taken off successfully in many locations around the world. However, majority of such projects have been set up by investors; with access to substantial capital. In order to mitigate the possibilities of food shortages in densely populated cities, initiatives need to be undertaken to foster growth of large-scale entrepreneurship by individuals that can venture into this field on a smaller scale and with less capital outlay.

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