Abstract
In ecological terms, modern cities consume 75% of world resources with 2% of global land area and have become a parasite and a resource sink. Unmanaged planning and rapid development often result in the destruction of natural resources and loss of greenery. Pokhara is rapidly urbanizing into a megacity in Nepal and climate change caused by global warming is a great menace here. To support the rising requirement of quality food for the skyrocketing population, the main consumption centre should be mobilized for food production. Rooftop gardens are gaining relevance as they have the potential to meet the growing demand for food in cities and enhance the ecosystem along with the conservation of biodiversity. Thus, the addition of greenery element such as a green roof is becoming a trend to solve this problem in Pokhara. Establishment of green roofs in Pokhara city is arousing the interest of the government and public due to their demonstrated environmental benefits. The objective of this research is to inspect the existing practice and obstacles in rooftop farming that is faced by pr actitioners. Nagdhungha and Birauta are the areas of research here. Two practitioners are interviewed and sixty nonpractitioners are surveyed. The result shows that rooftop farming can benefit the environment by greatly reducing carbon in the atmosphere and can assist urban areas by reducing stormwater management cost. Furthermore, the paper demonstrates that the willingness to practice rooftop farming is high among urban dwellers and for future scope, some recommendations are provided in this research.
Highlights
In the Meantime, Urbanization and Human Activities induced climate change impacts are two distinct hot topics that are worth discussion
30 practitioners from each site were surveyed with a semi-structured questionnaire to perceive their point of view regarding rooftop gardening
This study concludes that green roofs can be a potential way to meet the growing demand of fresh food and make a major improvement in the quality life of urban people by contributing to the various environmental benefits such as purifying the air by acting as a reservoir of carbon dioxide and place for stormwater management
Summary
In the Meantime, Urbanization and Human Activities induced climate change impacts are two distinct hot topics that are worth discussion. Many urban residents are facing problems due to lack of space for vegetation. The pensive problem of urbanization and destruction of fertile soils cordially invites the solution of rooftop gardening. Where the lives of people are obstructed and there is a scarcity of soil and land to cultivate plants, Rooftop gardening is itself a prodigious idea for pitching a road towards sustainability. Some cities are trying to boost sustainability through urban farming as a possible remedy to these problems [2]. Though it may look a stressful and energy draining job to get engaged in gardening or either to fill our own plates of vegetables from our own free spaces of the roof, it doesn’t take much time. There is a Chinese Proverb ‘’We all are Farmers by birth’’ The time we spend in growing vegetables and plants for ourselves we mend our own souls
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