Agriculture and the city: A method for sustainable planning of new forms of agriculture in urban contexts

Rosa, Daniele La; Barbarossa, Luca; Privitera, Riccardo; Martinico, Francesco

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.06.014

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“…In this context, private and public authorities and several stakeholders (farmers, food producers and others local stakeholders) are also involved, and all of them should actively participate in the decision making process [29]. For sustainable planning the agricultural spaces and evaluating their future changes, La Rosa et al [30] and Loupa Ramos [31] demonstrated that a participatory approach and different landscape scenarios can be used. Larcher et al [32] observed that for understanding the evolution of rural areas, participatory processes and civic engagement during decision making are essential.…”

Section: The Best Practices Strategies Actions and Measures Appliedmentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing and Monitoring the Sustainability in Rural World Heritage Sites

2015

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Abstract:In 2002, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) established the importance of the sustainability and the need of management plans for the safeguard of cultural heritage. No models, rules or specific definitions have been provided for this purpose. By 2014, UNESCO had recognized 16 rural landscapes as cultural heritage sites. This paper aims to understand the management systems adopted by the rural World Heritage Sites over time in order to identify the best practices, strategies, actions and measures applied for the conservation of their universal value with a particular focus on sustainability. A comparative study, analyzing the management plans for these sites, was conducted. The drawing up of site management plans for such rural landscapes is a difficult process. In fact, private and public authorities and several stakeholders are involved, and all of them should participate actively in the decision making process. To ensure the sustainability of these sites, it is important to evaluate several parameters and to design an integrated plan. We focused on assessing and monitoring sustainability in rural World Heritage Sites, and our results could be useful for the implementation of existing plans and processes for drawing up management plans for future UNESCO cultural heritage.

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Section: The Best Practices Strategies Actions and Measures Appliedmentioning

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Assessing and Monitoring the Sustainability in Rural World Heritage Sites

2015

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“…9,10 These activities involve civic participation in food system governance and offer an opportunity for food sovereignty within an urban setting. The food sovereignty movement recognizes political and economic power in the food system and is a critical alternative to the neoliberal model favouring market forces over health equity.…”

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Building capacity through urban agriculture: report on the askîy project

Martin

Vold

2018

Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can

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Highlights• The askîy project provided participants with opportunities for knowledge exchange on First Nations culture.• Interns spoke of future jobs, improved communication and interpersonal skills, confidence in their bodies, setting goals, improved attitude towards food, diet changes, and valuing of nature and strong social ties.• One of the challenges was finding space to grow with access to water and electricity.• The program builds capacity in young adults by providing a venue to apply local First Nation knowledge, creating a safe space for mistakes, introducing new ideas, allowing for self-directed learning, and providing participants with marketable skills.data for further studies on advancing urban agriculture and a self-sustainable food economy. The objectives were to explore how this project could strengthen skills, knowledge, and ability in young adults by growing food in the city, and to learn the meaning of urban food production to those involved. It is our hope that the results of this study will help CHEP Good Food Inc. enhance their urban agriculture work with inner city young adults and improve urban agriculture projects in Saskatoon. Defining the problemWith an anticipated five billion people living in urban settings around the world by the year 2025, experts are questioning our ability to meet the demand for nutritious AbstractIntroduction: Many North American cities have a built environment that provides access to energy-dense food and little opportunity for active living. Urban agriculture contributes to a positive environment involving food plant cultivation that includes processing, storing, distributing and composting. It is a means to increase local food production and thereby improve community health. The purpose of this study was to understand how participating in urban agriculture can help to empower young adults and build capacity for growing food in the city.

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“…As the market and demand for organic products, culinary tourism, and healthy, high-quality, agricultural products has rapidly grown, food supply chains and their role in regional development have been studied both in the context of rural areas [39] and in urban contexts [40]. The supply of local food, and particularly of local organic food, does not have a large share of groceries in general, though consumers also in the cities are willing to find alternative ways to get what they want.…”

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New Resource-Wise Planning Strategies for Smart Urban-Rural Development in Finland

Rönkkö

Luusua

Aarrevaara

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This article discusses the opportunities and challenges for resource-wise development strategies in regional planning. Spatial planning integrates the key aspects, transportation, housing, and food production which are, on many occasions, stated as the most significant consumption factors causing environmental impacts. In light of the challenges that regions are currently facing in Finland, we are drawing attention to the role of strategic spatial planning as demand-responsive resource management, a theme which is still inadequately addressed within regional development and planning in Finland. In many other fields of society, innovative data-based products and demand-and user-driven services are considered important sources of success in the future. Such strategies combine different types of service providers, like deliveries for groceries or restaurant meals, mobile healthcare services, or public transport with on-demand services. We highlight the fact that a regionally large and sparsely populated country, such as Finland, cannot achieve success solely through centralisation. Instead, smart networking, co-creation, and innovative cyber-physical solutions are vital for the utilisation of the entire country's resource potentiality. In conclusion, we underpin the need for a framework, which would offer a strategic support scheme for resource-wise development, resource optimization, and closure of yield gaps. In our view it is necessary to begin to envision, strategise, and develop user-and demand-responsive development strategies with a specific aim for sustainable, resource-wise ways of life in northern regions, also outside the growing urban centres, and innovate solutions that help individuals, communities, and the whole society to renew and manage resources wisely.

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Agriculture and the city: A method for sustainable planning of new forms of agriculture in urban contexts

Cited by 131 publications

References 40 publications

Assessing and Monitoring the Sustainability in Rural World Heritage Sites

Assessing and Monitoring the Sustainability in Rural World Heritage Sites

Building capacity through urban agriculture: report on the askîy project

New Resource-Wise Planning Strategies for Smart Urban-Rural Development in Finland

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