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The Root of The Problem
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Financial hardships during the early part of the 21st century resulted in a plight of housing vacancies in United States. “The number of nonseasonal vacant units more than doubled in Detroit, Michigan, and increased 62 percent in Cleveland, Ohio. In both of these cities, nonseasonal vacant properties were already a larger share of the housing stock in 2000 than most of the other cities we examined—vacant properties made up 10 percent of the total housing stock in Detroit and 11 percent of the total housing stock in Cleveland in the 2000 Census.” (VACANT PROPERTIES, U.S. Government Accountability Office Report)
This is largely comparable with the decline of manufacturing industries in the United States, leaving behind approximately 450,000 brownfields and abandoned land. (http://epa.gov/)
During a time period of heightened environmental awareness, society has chosen to adopt a variety of options to improve the quality of life, both present and future. However, an alternative means of environmental protection seldom considered is reuse of land.
We proposes urban agriculture/farming as a functional use of large quantities of vacant land and brownfield sites. Here we will provide verification and argumentative reasoning on the issue of urban agriculture and urban renewal.
This is largely comparable with the decline of manufacturing industries in the United States, leaving behind approximately 450,000 brownfields and abandoned land. (http://epa.gov/)
During a time period of heightened environmental awareness, society has chosen to adopt a variety of options to improve the quality of life, both present and future. However, an alternative means of environmental protection seldom considered is reuse of land.
We proposes urban agriculture/farming as a functional use of large quantities of vacant land and brownfield sites. Here we will provide verification and argumentative reasoning on the issue of urban agriculture and urban renewal.