Food Efficient Planning and Design for Peri-Urban Neighbourhoods

Abstract

Peri-urban areas are the strategically most important emerging built environments that need to integrate appropriate food effi cient design and planning. This chapter aims to understand food responsive design and form specifi c characteristics of new residential neighbourhoods in peri-urban areas. A review of three key food urbanism approaches was conducted. Two international master planned community case studies from the United States of America (USA) that apply 'Agrarian Urbanism' principles were analysed. A small scale residential neighbourhood case study in Sydney, Australia was redesigned to test applicability of these principles as identifi ed through the review and analysis. Results from these case studies, emphasise the importance of protecting land in the peri-urban locations. Appropriate design and planning approaches can contribute signifi cantly. Developing a strong evidence base; understanding community aspirations; formulating appropriate planning policy and recognising trandisciplinary connections of food effi cient design and planning would be vital for building resilient communities of the future. IntroductionIncreasing needs to accommodate future population have driven rapid urban expansion and consumption of food production spaces mainly agricultural land located at the rural-urban interface. Land use changes are shaped by demand, peoples' choices, environmental settings, socio-cultural factors and planning and design regulations (Hall 2010 ;Gleeson 2006 ). Research has recognised the importance of integrating local food production spaces and practices in designing new and retrofi tting human

Edible urbanism 5.0

“…New urbanists argue that "land conversion is a logical consequence of urban sprawl and the decline of agricultural production can be compensated by using modern technologies and capital-intensive production techniques in the food production chain" (Azadi et al, 2012). On the other hand, new urbanism approaches such as Duany's agrarian urbanism demonstrates that it is possible to protect land, natural areas and agrarian lifestyles of a community, initiate local economic growth and accommodate urban growth sustainably using appropriate design and planning in peri-urban areas (DPZ, 2019;Ghosh, 2016).…”