Changing Agricultural Landscape and Immigrant Population in Thimphu, Bhutan

Autor:	Raghubir Chand
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	education.field_of_study Food security Land use business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Immigration Population Geography Agricultural land Agriculture Rural area Agricultural productivity Socioeconomics education business media_common
Zdroj:	Urban Food Democracy and Governance in North and South ISBN: 9783030171865
DOI:	10.1007/978-3-030-17187-2_15
Popis:	The present chapter is an attempt to study the association between immigration and the loss of agricultural land with increasing urban pressure and the rapid land use conversions in Thimphu from the rural countryside. The focus of this study is on the rural-urban migration in the capital city of Thimphu of Bhutan over a period of 50 years from 1960 to 2010. Due to the heavy influx of rural immigrants to Thimphu, agricultural land was converted into housing zones and agricultural production has decreased to the extent that it is no more able to provide for the growing population of the city. However, the people also depend mostly on market supply for the rest of the year. Results of the survey provided insights into the changing agricultural landscape and consequent dependency on expensive food imports. This study seeks to inform urban policy makers to consider the protection of urban land for urban food security in future planning for Bhutan.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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