Designing Integrated Urban Agriculture Systems for Spatial Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability in Dense Urban Neighborhoods

Rapid urban densification in cities of the Global South has intensified land scarcity and constrained the provision of green open spaces, particularly in compact residential neighborhoods. In such contexts, community-based urban agriculture has emerged as an adaptive response to environmental, social, and spatial challenges. While existing studies widely acknowledge the multifunctional benefits of urban agriculture, empirical investigations that systematically examine its spatial logic and integ