Datum
2021-11Autor
Khan, Iqrar AhmadSchlagwort
330 Wirtschaft PakistanVerstädterungDemographieWirtschaftsraumÜberweisungSozioökonomischer WandelIndustrialisierungBiodiversitätErnährungssicherungLändlicher RaumMetadata
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Rural-Urban Transition
Rural-Urban Transition
A Challenge to Agricultural Productivity, Biodiversity and Food Security in Pakistan
Zusammenfassung
Like elsewhere, migration-led peri-urban (rural clusters) growth of cities has been an important element of rural-urban transformation for centuries. However, only recently, in this process, the rural landscape also benefits from these changes, owing to better communication and market access. Peri-urban areas are consuming peripheral villages. This has put pressure on land and water resources putting environmental health at stake. Loss of biodiversity is imminent due to changing ecological frame conditions in an increasingly human-made environment. In many areas rural populations are also shifting away from traditional farming towards white-collar jobs. While this could have positive implications for the socio-economic structure of the society at large, it will also present new challenges for meeting the food and nutritional requirements of the population as a whole. New farming models and marketing innovations are required to meet increasing food demands and changes of consumption habits. This working paper describes the ongoing rural-urban transition and discuss the potential for carving new cropping systems and entrepreneurship options in newly formed agro-ecologies and semi-urban rural clusters of Pakistan. It is hoped that it will also help initiating further study and compilation of empirical evidence.
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2021-11-17T10:21:34Z 2021-11-17T10:21:34Z 2021-11 doi:10.17170/kobra-202110224933 http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13394 eng Namensnennung - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ urbanisation colony village demography CPEC remittances industrialisation 330 Rural-Urban Transition Working paper Like elsewhere, migration-led peri-urban (rural clusters) growth of cities has been an important element of rural-urban transformation for centuries. However, only recently, in this process, the rural landscape also benefits from these changes, owing to better communication and market access. Peri-urban areas are consuming peripheral villages. This has put pressure on land and water resources putting environmental health at stake. Loss of biodiversity is imminent due to changing ecological frame conditions in an increasingly human-made environment. In many areas rural populations are also shifting away from traditional farming towards white-collar jobs. While this could have positive implications for the socio-economic structure of the society at large, it will also present new challenges for meeting the food and nutritional requirements of the population as a whole. New farming models and marketing innovations are required to meet increasing food demands and changes of consumption habits. This working paper describes the ongoing rural-urban transition and discuss the potential for carving new cropping systems and entrepreneurship options in newly formed agro-ecologies and semi-urban rural clusters of Pakistan. It is hoped that it will also help initiating further study and compilation of empirical evidence. open access Khan, Iqrar Ahmad 28 Seiten Kassel, Universität Kassel, International Center for Development and Decent Work (ICDD) 978-3-7376-0931-9 Pakistan Verstädterung Demographie Wirtschaftsraum Überweisung Sozioökonomischer Wandel Industrialisierung Biodiversität Ernährungssicherung Ländlicher Raum A Challenge to Agricultural Productivity, Biodiversity and Food Security in Pakistan publishedVersion ICDD Working Papers Band 37 true ICDD Working Papers Sozialwissenschaft Monographie FB 05 / Gesellschaftswissenschaften true
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