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In 2015, the United Nations set 17 sustainable development goals to be achieved by 2030. Among them, the 11th goal is - sustainable cities and communities. Taking into account such factors as increasing urbanization, challenges of well-being in the urban environment, the imbalance of resources, the issue of sustainability of urban areas is becoming more and more relevant. It requires solutions that balances sustainable development in economic, environmental and social dimensions. Urban agriculture is a practice wi...

Urban agriculture has become increasingly topical in recent years due to both social trends and challenges of sustainable development. Although functions of the urban agriculture, especially economic and social, have been widely explored since the 1990s, the focus is mostly on regions where urban agriculture practices are strategies for survival and basic food security or on highly metropolitan cities, with little focus on countries and cities with a relatively medium or even low population density, thus excluding...

Labour protection involves the safety and health of employed individuals. It has to be one of the priorities for any employer, as employees are a resource to be cared about and made satisfied. In Latvia, regardless of the requirements of law, the State Labour Inspectorate revealed 10 815 violations of the labour protection legislation in 2014. Besides, in the period 2010-2014, the number of accidents at work annually increased, reaching 1763 in 2014, of which 213 accidents led to serious health disorders, while 41...