TY - GEN
T1 - Urban farming
T2 - 2011 IEEE Symposium on Business, Engineering and Industrial Applications, ISBEIA 2011
AU - Leh, Oliver Ling Hoon
AU - Abdullah, Wan Mohamed Yusoff
AU - Omar, Dasimah
AU - Marzukhi, Marlyana Azyyati
AU - Barghchi, Maassoumeh
AU - Fong, Tee Szu
PY - 2011/12/28
Y1 - 2011/12/28
N2 - Urban farming is referred to farming or agricultural activities within an urban area, generally practiced for income-earning or food-producing purposes. It contributes to food security, food safety, better environmental quality and greenery for a nation especially the urban area. Due to the high land value in urban area, infrastructure or utility reserved lands were seen to be necessary to be identified with the suitability for farming purpose. This paper is dealing with the study on suitability of urban farming in the reserved lands from the perspective of planners, urban farmers, and officers from land offices and land owners. Besides, the related laws and statutory plans were also been studied. As a result from the study, the reserved lands were identified to be suitable for agricultural activities such as for vegetables and ornamental plants production. However, the proper planning should be carried out under the Malaysian development plan system. Recommendations were identified at the end of the study.
AB - Urban farming is referred to farming or agricultural activities within an urban area, generally practiced for income-earning or food-producing purposes. It contributes to food security, food safety, better environmental quality and greenery for a nation especially the urban area. Due to the high land value in urban area, infrastructure or utility reserved lands were seen to be necessary to be identified with the suitability for farming purpose. This paper is dealing with the study on suitability of urban farming in the reserved lands from the perspective of planners, urban farmers, and officers from land offices and land owners. Besides, the related laws and statutory plans were also been studied. As a result from the study, the reserved lands were identified to be suitable for agricultural activities such as for vegetables and ornamental plants production. However, the proper planning should be carried out under the Malaysian development plan system. Recommendations were identified at the end of the study.
KW - farming
KW - infrastructure or utility reserved land
KW - local plan
KW - mixed use
KW - urban
KW - vegetation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84255177299&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ISBEIA.2011.6088856
DO - 10.1109/ISBEIA.2011.6088856
M3 - Conference paper
AN - SCOPUS:84255177299
SN - 9781457715495
T3 - ISBEIA 2011 - 2011 IEEE Symposium on Business, Engineering and Industrial Applications
SP - 447
EP - 451
BT - ISBEIA 2011 - 2011 IEEE Symposium on Business, Engineering and Industrial Applications
Y2 - 25 September 2011 through 28 September 2011
ER -
