Title :
Developmental Strategy and Environmental Effects of Suburban Agriculture
Author :
Liu Chunhong ; Su Chunjiang
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Mountain Hazard & Environ., Chinese Acad. of Sci. & Minist. of Water Conservancy, Chengdu, China
Abstract :
Based on the connotation and characteristic about suburban agriculture, this paper discussed the environmental impact of suburban agriculture caused by the large-scale, intensive production of suburban agriculture and the production and living of citizen. The agricultural environment has been polluted and the quality of byproducts was difficult to be guaranteed. In addition, there are many problems such as the heavy metal contamination, nitrate overproof, pesticide residues. So this paper brings forward the developing direction and countermeasure of suburban agriculture in order to serve for the citizens better.
Keywords :
agricultural pollution; agriculture; agrochemicals; air pollution; soil pollution; water pollution; developmental strategy; environmental effects; heavy metal contamination; large-scale intensive production; nitrate overproof; pesticide residues; suburban agriculture; Agriculture; Cities and towns; Crops; Fertilizers; Hazards; Nitrogen; Plastics; Production; Soil pollution; Water conservation;
Conference_Titel :
Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE), 2010 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4712-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2151-7614
DOI :
10.1109/ICBBE.2010.5516878