| Abstract: | In the process of urban-rural integration, rural areas near big cities are facing or experiencing unprecedented evolvement and transformation, which lead to the gradual upgrading of agriculture from traditional agriculture to urban agriculture. Moreover, urban agriculture appears as a new industry to merge into urban economic and modern life. There is strong interaction between urban agriculture and village construction, which could promote urban-rural integration and becomes the inevitable choice of agricultural development trend in urban areas. This paper firstly redefines urban agricultural concept and views the unban agriculture with dynamic perspective and puts it under the overall urban-rural system instead of the original structure (studying city only under the background of the city, while studying country only within the background of the country). Secondly, the paper discusses the relationship between urban agriculture and village construction and the necessity of developing urban agriculture. Thirdly, it summarizes urban agricultural development pattern and path in the process of ur-ban-rural integration. At last, the practice of urban agriculture development in Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu is introduced to provide some experience and advice in this field. |
