In recent years, the urbanization revolution has demonstrated significant progresses. One of the major changes resulted from the urbanization process is that public spaces, such as parks and other outdoor spaces, was alternatively made for domestic use. This has allowed city residents to have more space to grow their own groceries. From my perspective, I believe that this change benefits the city life, but the upside does not outweigh the downside.
On the one hand, regarding the fact that urban citizens are assigned more lands to farm and harvest their own food, this change will greatly facilitate the local food suppliance, which respectively results in the public health got ensured and the awareness of green lifestyle. In addition, in the hustle and bustle living pace of city life, the change is indispensable as local citizens can get more motivation to overcome the pressure and thrive for their living purposes.
On the other hand, when people are having their individual food supply, there is no need for the resources coming from outside the city zone. The situation will be worsened in some specific areas such as the rural area, where people’s lives rely heavily on the export of local farming. On a macro scale, the case can lead to the degradation of agriculture economy, posing an adverse impact on the unemployment rate of a country. For instance, countries like Vietnam have a majority of areas located in deltas or coasts, which were largely strengthened by a number of main careers such as farming and harvesting seasonal crops, can be negatively affected if the government adopts the long-term self-supply food policy in urban areas.
In conclusion, even though city life may benefit from this green change, life in rural areas can be threatened due to the monopoly of some specific careers related to farming. Therefore, government should be able to implement policies which both ensure the development of urbanization but also not unbalance the life of other areas.