Category:Urban agriculture: Difference between revisions

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Plants in the city can:

can reduce temperatures, if planted in sufficient numbers, reducing the need for air conditioning and improving quality of life.
provide fresh produce, which potentially has requires less resources to grow than produce transported from outside the city, and should be much fresher and thus better tasting - especially in the case of highly perishable produce such as salad greens.
improve the appearance and feeling of the surroundings
provide insulation (in the form of a green roof^W).
be used indoors as living walls^W to help cure sick building syndrome^W

Living walls^W and green roofs^W are space-efficient ways of bringing plants into the city.

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 * provide fresh produce, which potentially has requires less resources to grow than produce transported from outside the city, and should be much fresher and thus better tasting - especially in the case of highly perishable produce such as salad greens.
 * improve the appearance and feeling of the surroundings
-* provide insulation (in the form of a {{WP|green roof}}).
+* provide insulation (in the form of a [[green roof]]{{wp sup|green roof}}).
-* be used indoors as {{WP|living walls}} to help cure {{WP|sick building syndrome}}
+* be used indoors as [[living walls]]{{wp sup|living walls}} to help cure [[sick building syndrome]]{{wp sup|sick building syndrome}}
-{{WP|Living walls}} and {{WP|green roofs}} are space-efficient ways of bringing plants into the city.
+[[Living walls]]{{wp sup|Living walls}} and [[green roofs]]{{wp sup|green roofs}} are space-efficient ways of bringing plants into the city.
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