Urban Agriculture Forms in Europe

Lohrberg, Frank

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“…Traditional neoclassical economic theory views allotments as inefficient use of urban space (Nathan and Overman, 2011) as this informal use doesn't sustain the high land values and rents thus creating market pressures for more profitable uses of the land (Adams et al, 2014). Yet it is increasingly valued as a social and environmental resource with significant ecosystem service benefits (Speak et al, 2015;Lohrberg et al, 2016).…”

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Places of urban disorder? Exposing the hidden nature and values of an English private urban allotment landscape

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Barry

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Landscape and Urban Planning

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“…These include increased sense of community, place identity, health, quality of life and local food production (e.g. Acton, 2011;Hardman and Larkham, 2014;Kingsley et al, 2009;Kingsley and Townsend, 2006;Tornaghi, 2014;Turner et al, 2011;Viljoen and Bohn, 2014;Lohrberg et al, 2016;Quale, 2009).…”

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Places of urban disorder? Exposing the hidden nature and values of an English private urban allotment landscape

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Barry

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Landscape and Urban Planning

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“…Exploiting the multifunctionality of UA is an important external social activity for peri-urban farmers. According to an Urban Agriculture Europe report, in addition to production, UA aims at 'service functions-such as the landscape features, recreation, education and health' [67] (p. 19). A review article on multifunctionality in the U.S. reports that social, health and economic impacts are the most frequently documented benefits of agriculture reported in the literature [2].…”

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Farm Diversification and Sustainability of Multifunctional Peri-Urban Agriculture: Entrepreneurial Attributes of Advanced Diversification in Japan

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Multifunctionality of urban agriculture is essential for the sustainability of both cities and urban farms, especially in Asian mega-cities exhibiting extensive urban sprawl. To maximise the multifunctionality of these farms, entrepreneurial or innovative farm diversification is important. However, there is insufficient research on this issue in developed countries. This study aims to demonstrate the existence of advanced diversified farms characterised by entrepreneurship, skilled farm management and social networks and explore their economic and social sustainability by using data from a survey of 386 farms located close to urban areas in Japan. Gaussian mixture clustering analysis revealed that only about 10% of the sample can be classified as advanced diversified farms and most of the other diversified farms do not exhibit entrepreneurial attributes. Furthermore, regression analysis revealed that advanced diversification has a positive impact not only on the economic viability of farms, but also on their social performance. These findings have significant implications for policies promoting the sustainability of urban agriculture, suggesting that a more balanced promotion of the diversification and entrepreneurial attributes of farms is crucial to building a sustainable relationship between cities and urban agriculture.

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“…On the other hand, the proximity of a metropolis may provide a chance for the development of multifunctional agriculture [39]. Numerous examples of agricultural farms both in Poland and other countries show that urban and peri-urban areas are suitable for development of: local food farms, leisure farms, social farms, and many other multifunctional facilities [16,18,[40][41][42]. The research literature emphasizes that the key to succession is choosing the right adjustment strategy that will facilitate economic success and farm succession [14,43].…”

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Generational Changes in Agriculture: The Influence of Farm Characteristics and Socio-Economic Factors

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The increasing importance of large cities (metropolises) poses a range of challenges to the socio-economic functions of the rural and agricultural areas around them. One such challenge is pressure exerted on family-run farms to abandon agricultural activity and on people engaged in such activity to shift to other sectors. This may be a hindrance to successful succession on family farms. The aim of this paper is to present spatial variation in generational changes in farms located around large cities (metropolises) in Poland and to assess the factors affecting the scale of such changes. Special attention was paid to the importance of the location of farms relative to large cities. One innovative feature of the approach presented was to conduct an analysis of generational changes in the agricultural sector at the supra-local level along with an attempt to quantify the impact of large urban centers on that process. The empirical material based on which the conclusions were formulated included official statistics data and information made available by an institution engaged in the implementation of agricultural policy programs financed from European Union (EU) funds, i.e., young farmer payments (Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) pillar I) and measures “Setting up of young farmers” and “Early retirement” (CAP Pillar II). In the executed study, methods of descriptive and multivariate statistics, including regression trees, were used. It was found that socio-economic (exogenous) factors had a significant statistical impact on generational changes in farms. In areas with an attractive labor market and a high level of urbanization, a successful generational shift in farms occurred less often. Nonetheless, generational changes in the agriculture of the analyzed areas were relatively most strongly determined by endogenous factors linked with the economic potential of the farm. Farm characteristics (area of agricultural land and economic size) and the characteristics of managers, including in particular their education, were found to be more important than exogenous factors. In areas where large and economically strong farms dominated and the level of education among farmers was relatively high, generational changes were faster compared to other areas.

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Urban Agriculture Forms in Europe

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Places of urban disorder? Exposing the hidden nature and values of an English private urban allotment landscape

Places of urban disorder? Exposing the hidden nature and values of an English private urban allotment landscape

Farm Diversification and Sustainability of Multifunctional Peri-Urban Agriculture: Entrepreneurial Attributes of Advanced Diversification in Japan

Generational Changes in Agriculture: The Influence of Farm Characteristics and Socio-Economic Factors

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