도시농업의 영농실태와 존속 가능성 모색- 전주시를 사례로 -

Abstract

In general, urban agriculture refers to agricultural activities in urban and surrounding regions in a wider sense. Also, it encompasses agricultural activities carried out in farming regions close to large consumption areas, in productive greens of urban areas and by civic farms, etc. From this perspective, farming activities in urban regions hold extremely great significance because it serves the role to provide multilateral functions through agriculture including the basic activity of agricultural production. However, despite the positive functions of urban agriculture, farming activities in urban regions are facing difficulties, such as conflict with urban residents and problems associated with safety of agricultural produces, farming water and agricultural labor course, etc. in the process of urbanization. Against such realities, this study intended to examine possibility of urban agriculture continuation in the future through analyzing status of agricultural activities carried out by farmers in urban regions. Also, on the basis of the findings, this study places significance in providing basic data to realize ecologically oriented urban agriculture. In particular, by examining the roles of agriculture in urban regions once again, this study intended to discuss such issues as establishment of new relationship between urban regions and agriculture, increase of added values through expansion of the fields of agriculture and roles of agriculture in relations to urban ecology, etc.