Mapping urban agriculture in Portugal: Lessons from practice and their relevance for European post-crisis contexts

Delgado, Cecília

doi:10.1515/mgr-2017-0013

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“…The amount of social value created is considered to be the main sign or characteristic of sustainable development of a region [50] therefore, the promotion of social entrepreneurship and SMEs is crucial for creating social value and, therefore, contributes towards sustainable regional development [4,54]. Table 6 discusses social entrepreneurship from the perspective of triple bottom-line.…”

Section: Rural and Community Development And Urbanizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Social Entrepreneurship as a Path for Social Change and Driver of Sustainable Development: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda

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Social entrepreneurship has been recognized as a tool to attain sustainable development. This paper highlights the role of social entrepreneurship in triggering social change and attaining sustainable development. The paper contributes significantly to the existing literature by conducting a systematic review of extant works. To this end, we analyzed and reviewed 173 research papers from the Web of Science database. The results are presented in the form of descriptive findings and thematic discussion. The paper concludes by setting up the agenda for future researchers in the field.

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Section: Rural and Community Development And Urbanizationmentioning

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“…Clausen and Gyimóthy [122]; Barrutia and Echebarria [123]; Colvin et al, [124]; Delgado [50]; Wonglimpiyarat [5]; Burch [125] Why has social entrepreneurship not emerged popular in developing regions?…”

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Social Entrepreneurship as a Path for Social Change and Driver of Sustainable Development: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda

2019

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“…(...) Policy effectively transplanted a 'country' livelihood into the physical design and social expectations of emerging urban areas" (2004, p. 248). Since then, urban gardens have supplied food in times of crisis throughout the world: in the USA and Great Britain during World War II in the form of the 'victory gardens', in Cuba after the decline of food and fuel imports caused by the collapse of the Soviet Union (Simms, 2008), in slum areas in cities of the global South via aid programmes (Voleníková, 2014), and in Southern European cities affected by the 2008 economic crisis (Delgado, 2017).…”

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The countryside in the city? Rural-urban dynamics in allotment gardens in Brno, Czech Republic

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Krylová

2019

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The position of urban allotments in the rural-urban spectrum is evaluated in this paper, which contributes to literatures on urban gardening, as well as contemporary rural-urban dynamics. Historically, European allotments can be seen as a product of urbanisation. At the same time, they embody a number of “non-urban” characteristics that create the impression of “the countryside in the city”. This research project investigates how the urban and the rural are materialised, represented and practised in five allotment sites in Brno, Czech Republic. We follow three main lines of enquiry where the urban and the rural seem to meet: the physical environment of the allotments; the social life of these spaces; and food production as one of their core functions. Critical reflection of the rural-urban perspective advances our understanding of urban gardens, while, at the same time, allotments offer an example of hybrid spaces, which, in turn, contribute to discussions on current cities and countrysides. Overcoming the urban-rural dichotomy could facilitate the inclusion of urban gardening in contemporary cities.

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“…See http://www.eurocities.eu/eurocities/working_groups/ Food&tpl=home to existing land use plans and productive re-use for vacant plots; 2) legitimise existing occupations through integration into the local food system; 3) provide municipalities with sustainable and long-term local development solutions, based on community economic and social empowerment; and 4) generate jobs and increase income. Finally, UA is an outstanding channel to strengthen multi-level governance and deepen citizen participation mechanisms through participatory processes (Delgado, 2017). Cities such as Paris 2 , Ghent 3 and Toronto 4 have developed successful local food policies which can be taken as inspirational examples for other cities aiming to do the same.…”

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Local food policies – their constraints and drivers: Insights from Portuguese Urban Agriculture initiatives

Delgado

2020

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Two interconnected questions are addressed in this paper: (i) why urban agriculture (UA) and food-related initiatives take usually years to materialise in Portugal; and (ii) why resilient initiatives do not scale up and shift from practices to local food policies. We argue that existing initiatives are viewed as single events and therefore garner quite limited long-term political commitment and support. Based on interviews with food champions and a literature review, four Portuguese UA initiatives are analysed and these highlight the constraints that hinder their scaling-up. We conclude that drivers to lead to scaling-up are a combination of factors, with an enabling environment the most relevant one. On the other hand, constraints are related to limited democratic governance and poor policies, insufficient funding and weak participatory processes. Such findings are quite in line with existing literature. The limited integration of Portugal within the international UA and food debates might partially explain why UA is still struggling to find its proper place in Portuguese cities and their peripheries. Raising awareness among decision makers is critical to scaling-up UA initiatives and turning them an integral component of local food systems. A national observatory able to gather relevant data and produce knowledge, assess and monitor on-going initiatives may be the key step to gather different stakeholders together, that can then better advocate and then lead to higher political support, not only in Portugal but in any country where UA and food issues are emerging.

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Mapping urban agriculture in Portugal: Lessons from practice and their relevance for European post-crisis contexts

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Cited by 32 publications

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Social Entrepreneurship as a Path for Social Change and Driver of Sustainable Development: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda

Social Entrepreneurship as a Path for Social Change and Driver of Sustainable Development: A Systematic Review and Research Agenda

The countryside in the city? Rural-urban dynamics in allotment gardens in Brno, Czech Republic

Local food policies – their constraints and drivers: Insights from Portuguese Urban Agriculture initiatives

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