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Beijing – China
Introduction
In Beijing, the project focused on how urban farmers may cope with the pressures put on them by the city in response to increasing water scarcity as urban water consumption grows. The learning alliance meetings brought together research institutes, government officials and farmer cooperatives. A demonstration project showed how roofwater harvesting can provide a useful source of water for urban farmers and support a shift to higher value crops.
- SWITCH city paper: Beijing
- An overview of water resources situation in Beijing
- Situational Analysis of urban water for urban agriculture
- Urban Agriculture Magazine: Issue 20 | Issue 23
- Performance of a demonstration greenhouse RWHs and its potential in Beijing
- RWH for a Sustainable City
- A Handbook on Beijing's Rainwater Harvesting Technology of Greenhouse Agriculture (in Chinese)
Links
Demonstrations: Recycling wastewater and nutrients in Chendu, China
Beijing Learning Alliance: Poster | Website (in Chinese)
Resources
Click here to view a list of resources associated with Beijing.
Click here to view a list of resources associated with Learning Alliances.