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Peri-urban agricultural land is the place where urban and rural areas meet physically and culturally. The resulting landscape mixes urban and agricultural patterns. In Sahline, Tunisia, peri-urban landscape is characterized by the coexistence of two different farm models, an intensive irrigated market gardening, and a dry cultivation of olive trees. Moreover, this city located in the Tunisian Sahel is affected by urban sprawl and touristic development. In this paper, we examine the diversity of peri-urban farmers, their relations to the city, and how they contribute to the sustainable development of this region.
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Slama, R., Soulard, CT., Rejeb, H. (2021). How Peri-Urban Agriculture Can Contribute to the Sustainable Development of a Midsized City? The Case of Sahline (Tunisia). In: Ksibi, M., et al. Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (2nd Edition). EMCEI 2019. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51210-1_193
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