Life-cycle energy assessment and carbon footprint of peri-urban horticulture. A comparative case study of local food systems in Spain

Neira, David Pérez; Grollmus-Venegas, Anibal

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.01.001

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“…With data availability, 12 detailed sectors are chosen in this study, namely, agro-industry; manufacturing; electricity and gas; construction; wholesale and retail trade; transport, storage and post services; hotel and catering services; information and software services; financial services; real estate; leasing and business services; and scientific research and technical services, as shown in Table 1. Agriculture in built up area usually concentrates in peri-urban areas and performs as urban agriculture [66][67][68]. This sector provides multiple functions of leisure, ecological protection and food security, which are important components of urban industries [66][67][68].…”

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“…Agriculture in built up area usually concentrates in peri-urban areas and performs as urban agriculture [66][67][68]. This sector provides multiple functions of leisure, ecological protection and food security, which are important components of urban industries [66][67][68]. Therefore, agro-industry is used in this study to represent this scenario.…”

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Does Urban Industrial Agglomeration Lead to the Improvement of Land Use Efficiency in China? An Empirical Study from a Spatial Perspective

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Industrial agglomeration is an important economic phenomenon in urban areas and has significant effects on land use efficiency (LUE) due to external economies of scale. A bourgeoning body of literature has investigated the effects of industrial agglomeration. However, the relationship between industrial agglomeration and land use efficiency has rarely been discussed in China. To fill this gap, this study aims to explore the effects of industrial agglomeration on LUE and the characteristics of its spatial distribution. In this study, the spatial effects of industrial agglomeration of 12 detailed sectors on LUE are estimated through the geographical weighted regression model. Socioeconomic data of 289 prefecture-level cities in China are utilized for the analysis. Results show several important findings. First, spatial effects of industrial agglomerations on LUE are evident in three grand city clusters, i.e. the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Pearl River Delta. Second, spatial patterns and distributions of industrial agglomeration effects on LUE vary across regions. Third, the significance of industrial agglomeration effects on LUE between 2-digit industrial sectors is different. The merits of this study lie in three aspects: First, a theoretical framework is explored to analyze the impacts of industrial agglomeration on LUE based on the expanded Cobb–Douglas production function; Second, the impacts of industrial sectors on LUE are estimated from a spatial perspective; Third, some policy implications for a more economically efficient urban spatial development are suggested.

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Section: Degree Of Industrial Agglomerationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Does Urban Industrial Agglomeration Lead to the Improvement of Land Use Efficiency in China? An Empirical Study from a Spatial Perspective

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“…The results depended mostly on the type of UFP and the geographical location. Studies in warm climate areas highlighted the efficiency of UFP cases and the potential environmental benefits from minimizing the distance between producers and consumers (i.e., reduced transport, packaging and food losses) [16,17,21,45,50]. On the contrary, studies in mild climate cities found that the UFP typology and the productivity of the system would determine whether UFP has environmental benefits compared to conventional food systems [18,31].…”

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Revisiting the Sustainability Concept of Urban Food Production from a Stakeholders’ Perspective

Sanyé‐Mengual¹,

Orsini²,

Gianquinto³

2018

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Urban Food Production (UFP) initiatives are expanding worldwide to enhance urban food production while contributing to the development of sustainable cities in a three-bottom perspective (environment, society, economy). Although the sustainability aspects of UFS have been addressed in the literature, there is a need to set a sustainability framework for UFP based on the concepts and the understanding of the stakeholders as a basis for quantifying their sustainability and for developing effective policy-making. This paper evaluates the concepts of the UFP sustainability from a stakeholders' perspective through participatory methods and network analyses. Two different workshops were organized in the city of Bologna (Italy), where mind-mapping exercises to define the environmental, economic and social sustainability elements of UFP were performed. This bottom-up approach unveiled a comprehensive and complex vision of sustainable UFP, the relevance of certain sustainability elements and key aspects to take into consideration for the development of UFP and effective policy-making. The existence of bidimensional and tridimensional concepts indicated priorities, synergies and trade-offs among the dimensions of sustainability. The multi-scalar nature of UFP suggested that specific policies can be supported by global schemes (e.g., Sustainable Development Goals) and that UFP can be a local tool for democracy and equity at lower scales.

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“…In this line, a study on home gardens in Australia assessed the variables affecting water consumption in gardens, underlining the role of lifestyle and garden management practices [46]. However, no study have quantified the environmental impacts of urban food production in home gardens-thereby considering all the external inputs and the resulting productivity, unlike other typologies of UA (e.g., rooftop agriculture, community gardening, aquaponics) [47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55].…”

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Eco-Efficiency Assessment and Food Security Potential of Home Gardening: A Case Study in Padua, Italy

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Abstract:In the expanding urban agriculture phenomenon in Europe, home gardens are a traditional form that have kept agriculture within cities, even becoming crucial in certain historical periods (e.g., war periods). However, horticultural practices in home gardens can also have negative consequences. The goal of this paper is to assess the eco-efficiency of home gardens as a type of urban agriculture. To do so, a case study in Padua (Italy) was evaluated following life cycle assessment and life cycle costing methods. A home garden of 30.6 m 2 and 21 crop cycles were evaluated. The functional unit of the assessment was 1 kg of harvested fresh vegetable at the consumption point, and the ReCiPe method was employed for impact assessment. Environmental assessment indicated that organic fertilization, use of tap water, mineral fertilization and pesticides were the most contributing elements of the entire life cycle. Furthermore, the relevance of garden design and crop selection was a determinant in the eco-efficiency results. The assessed home garden could satisfy the food requirements of between 1 and 2 members of the household. Crop management and design recommendations are provided to improve eco-efficiency and food security potential of home gardens.

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Life-cycle energy assessment and carbon footprint of peri-urban horticulture. A comparative case study of local food systems in Spain

Cited by 66 publications

References 42 publications

Does Urban Industrial Agglomeration Lead to the Improvement of Land Use Efficiency in China? An Empirical Study from a Spatial Perspective

Does Urban Industrial Agglomeration Lead to the Improvement of Land Use Efficiency in China? An Empirical Study from a Spatial Perspective

Revisiting the Sustainability Concept of Urban Food Production from a Stakeholders’ Perspective

Eco-Efficiency Assessment and Food Security Potential of Home Gardening: A Case Study in Padua, Italy

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