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Journée d'étude Franco-chinoise "Agricultures urbaines et métropolitaine à Shanghai et Paris : territoires lien social marché" Séminaire de l’axe «Interfaces et nouvelles dynamiques d’urbanisation»UMR LAVUE/ Shanghai Academy of Social Science/ENSA Paris-BellevilleUKNA (Urban Knowledge network Asia)Date : 17 mars 2016, 9h30-12hLieu : salle W1 (RdC), Bâtiment Max Weber, Université de Paris Ouest, Nanterre La DéfenseContact : Étienne Monin, etiennemonin@yahoo.frTopic: Study on the Development of Urban Agriculture in ShanghaiWith the improvement of industrialization and urbanization in the world, problems of food safety, environment and big cities are becoming more and more serious. Urban agriculture can provide fresh and high quality agricultural products, improve city’s environment and landscape, create employment, establish family and neighborhood communication platform, and so on. So agriculture is helpful to promote cities become greener, more livable, more attractive and sustainable development. Therefore, it is important to retain agriculture or combine with agriculture in city planning, urban renewal and architectural design.Abstract: It consists of four parts. First part, overview, it will give a brief introduction to the general situation of agriculture in Shanghai. Second part, review, it will analyze the evolution of urban agriculture in Shanghai, from the aspects of background, mechanism and characteristics. Third part, Status quo, it will focus on the present characteristics of urban agriculture in Shanghai, including the functions of agriculture in the city, agriculture development achievements and main issues. The last part, outlook, it will put forward the latest development trends and rethinking of urban agriculture in Shanghai’s new round development.&#160;