Urban agriculture in landscape architectural view in Ho Chi Minh City

Abstract

Because of expanding urbanization, agricultural land is decreasing and the problems of food safety, ecological environment still remain a concern for urban resident. Using vacant and fallow land in the urban area is the way to exploit agriculture which temporarily solves problems of urban ecological balance, food security, physical activity and job creation, that helps urban residents to increase income in spare time. Urban agricultural farming supplies fresh food and enriched community activities for urban residents, which have a part of sustainability in urban living environment. On the other hand, it can also be viewed as landscape architectural design. In the article, the used research method is summarization the experiences from successful models from many countries to classify and systematize the application in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) to increase the green area of landscape architectural spaces associated with urban agricultural exploitation inside urban boundary (the inner-city), limited to cultivation.