Food in urban regions 153BanSanLon*
CaiTe hBra+Sdt+Nai+Kua+Phi+Bar+Sto+Buc+Sap+Bam+
Erz•Iqu•Nan•
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Teg•Abe• Sam•Atl•Rah•MexSeoBer+Rom+Chi+City population (million)Distance from city center to edge of cropland landscape (km)520
35
50
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BeiMos*= Nearest landscape
= Second nearest landscapeRelatively small
0.25-0.5Small-medium
0.5-1Intermediate
1-2Medium-large
2-4Quite large
4-8Mega
8-16Figure 6.9Distance from city to two nearest cropland landscapes relative to city
population size. Landscapes are >100 km^2 and compact in shape. 10 km = 6.2 mi.
City population is in year 2000±2yr(Chapter5 and Table5.1). See Figure 6.2 for
city information.[F7]Although data on market-gardening was difficult to find and thus only occasionally
mapped on the urban-region images, almost all consultants agreed that at least one market
gardening area was present outside a city(Color Figures2--39).
These areas provide food products in proximity and low transport cost to
the metropolitan area. Little trucks (lorries) can load up early morning, snake
their way through narrow city streets, and provide fresh vegetables and fruits to
markets and restaurants. The agricultural park adjacent to Barcelona is a nice
example (Chapter 10 ;Acebillo and Folch2000,Forman2004a). However, market-
gardening usually intensively uses water, fertilizer, and pesticides. Ahigh priority