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Ways for Enhancing Contribution of Architecture Engineering and Construction Industry and its Professionals to Food Security and Sustainable and Resilient Agricultural Practices

Begum Sertyesilisik (Istanbul University, Türkiye)

Sustainable Agricultural Practices: Economic and Environmental Implications

ISBN: 978-1-83608-337-5, eISBN: 978-1-83608-336-8

Publication date: 28 November 2024

Abstract

As technology aspect of agriculture becomes more and more important with the time to increase agricultural productivity in a sustainable and smart way, agriculture practices become more interdisciplinary. Furthermore, agricultural practices are affected by urban and rural planning enabling urban and rural farming. Architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry can support food security through the integration of agricultural practices and technologies into the built environment, its interior design, and greenhouses supporting urban and rural farming. Based on the literature review, this chapter aims to investigate ways for enhancing AEC industry’s and its professionals’ contribution to food security and sustainable agricultural practices. This chapter highlights roles of the AEC industry in enhancing food security and sustainable agricultural practices. This chapter emphasizes the importance of undergraduate and graduate curriculums of future AEC industry professionals (e.g., architects, interior architects, civil engineers) to equip them with the skills and knowledge of sustainable agricultural practices and technologies integrated greenhouses, built environment and indoor environment, and interior design. For this reason, agricultural policies need to cover food security-related interdisciplinary education and training (e.g., renewable energy-based agriculture integrated built environment) of AEC industry professionals. Agricultural policies need to be designed with the contribution of and considering AEC industry professionals as they are among the main stakeholders of food security and renewable energy-based agriculture-integrated built environment. Furthermore, this chapter highlights how AEC industry, in compliance with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and countries sustainable and resilient development plans, can contribute to food security and sustainability. This chapter can be beneficial to all stakeholders of the sustainable agricultural practices.

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Sertyesilisik, B. (2024), "Ways for Enhancing Contribution of Architecture Engineering and Construction Industry and its Professionals to Food Security and Sustainable and Resilient Agricultural Practices", Das, R.C. (Ed.) Sustainable Agricultural Practices: Economic and Environmental Implications, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 209-222. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83608-336-820241014

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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