Urban agriculture in the city of Havana: a popular response to a crisis.

Abstract

The city of Havana covers an area of 721 km, 0.67% of the total area of Cuba. Unlike many other cities in developing countries, Havana has not been plagued by a massive influx of migrants. The population growth is 1.8% per year. The city has about 2.2 million inhabitants, or 20% of the total population of Cuba, of whom 1.5 million are in their economically active age. The population density is 3,014 persons/km. The highest density is found in the districts of Centro Habana (45,093 inhabitants/km, Habana Vieja (21,774 inhabitants/km) and Diez de Octubre (19,480 inhabitants/km). Administratively, the city of Havana is one of the 14 provinces of Cuba. It is divided into 15 municipalities, which are subdivided into 104 people’s councils (consejos populares), the government structure at neighbourhood level.