Urban agriculture as a keystone contribution towards securing sustainable and healthy development for cities in the future
- Skar, S. L. G. Division of Food Production and Society, Dept. of Horticulture, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomic Research (NIBIO), P.O. BOX 115, 1431 Aas/Reddalsveien 215, 4886 Grimstad, Norway
- Pineda-Martos, R. School of Agricultural Engineering, University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
- Timpe, A. RWTH Aachen University (Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen), Germany
- Pölling, B. South-Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, Soest, Germany
- Bohn, K. School of Architecture and Design, University of Brighton, UK
- Külvik, M. Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwaldi 1, Tartu 51006, Estonia
- Delgado, C. Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas – Interdisciplinary Center of Social Sciences – CICS.NOVA, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. de Berna, 26-C, 1069-061 Lisboa, Portugal
- Pedras, C. M.G. Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal
- Paço, T. A. LEAF, Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Ćujić, M. Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, University of Belgrade, Mice Petrovica Alasa, Belgrade, Serbia
- Tzortzakis, N. Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science, Cyprus University of Technology, Anexartisias 33, P.O. BOX 50329, 3603, Limassol, Cyprus
- Chrysargyris, A. Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science, Cyprus University of Technology, Anexartisias 33, P.O. BOX 50329, 3603, Limassol, Cyprus
- Peticila, A. USAMV Bucharest, Marasti Blv 59, Bucharest, Romania
- Alencikiene, G. Kaunas University of Technology, Food Institute, K. Donelaičio St. 73, 44249 Kaunas, Lithuania
- Monsees, H. Dpt. Ecophysiology and Aquaculture, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Müggelseedamm 310, 12587 Berlin, Germany
- Junge, R. IUNR Institute of Natural Resource Sciences, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, P.O. Box, CH-8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland
- 2019-12-2
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- Blue-Green Systems. - IWA Publishing. - 2019, vol. 2, no. 1, p. 1-27
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Abstract
Research and practice during the last 20 years has shown that urban agriculture can contribute to minimising the effects of climate change by, at the same time, improving quality of life in urban areas. In order to do so most effectively, land use and spatial planning are crucial so as to obtain and maintain a supportive green infrastructure and to secure citizens' healthy living conditions. As people today trend more towards living in green and sustainable city centres that can offer fresh and locally produced food, cities become again places for growing food. The scope of urban agriculture thereby is to establish food production sites within the city's sphere; for example, through building-integrated agriculture including concepts such as aquaponics, indoor agriculture, vertical farming, rooftop production, edible walls, as well as through urban farms, edible landscapes, school gardens and community gardens. Embedded in changing urban food systems, the contribution of urban agriculture to creating sustainable and climate-friendly cities is pivotal as it has the capacity to integrate other resource streams such as water, waste and energy. This article describes some of the current aspects of the circular city debate where urban agriculture is pushing forward the development of material and resource cycling in cities.
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- English
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- DOI 10.2166/bgs.2019.931
- ISSN 2617-4782
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- https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/249205
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