Farming in an Agriburban Ecovillage Development: An Approach to Limiting Agricultural/Residential Conflict

SAGE Open

Lenore Newman¹ 

关键词: peri-urban agriculture;    agriburbia;    residential/agricultural conflict;    ecovillages;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2158244014562389

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

A growing desire for local food systems has increased interest in peri-urban farming, leading to the rise of agriburban landscapes, in which a desire to farm or to be near farmland is a contributing factor to development patterns. Interviews and site visits to the Yarrow Ecovillage near Vancouver, Canada, outline an example of a development that allows new farmers access to land in a setting with few tensions between farming and non-farming residents in a zone on the edge of a protected agricultural region. Although there are limitations to replication of this model, we suggest that intentional settlements with an agricultural element on the rural/urban fringe could buffer traditional tensions between farm usage and residential usage, while allowing small-scale farmers a place to farm in areas with prohibitively high land values.

【 授权许可】

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