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Urban agriculture as a keystone contribution towards securing sustainable and healthy development for cities in the future
- Source :
- Blue-green systems 2(1), 1-27 (2019). doi:10.2166/bgs.2019.931, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP), instacron:RCAAP, Blue-Green Systems, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 1-27 (2019), Blue-Green Systems
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- IWA Publishing, 2020.
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Abstract
- esearch and practice during the last 20 years has shown that urban agriculture can contribute to minimising the effects of climate change by, at the same time, improving quality of life in urban areas. In order to do so most effectively, land use and spatial planning are crucial so as to obtain and maintain a supportive green infrastructure and to secure citizens' healthy living conditions. As people today trend more towards living in green and sustainable city centres that can offer fresh and locally produced food, cities become again places for growing food. The scope of urban agriculture thereby is to establish food production sites within the city's sphere; for example, through building-integrated agriculture including concepts such as aquaponics, indoor agriculture, vertical farming, rooftop production, edible walls, as well as through urban farms, edible landscapes, school gardens and community gardens. Embedded in changing urban food systems, the contribution of urban agriculture to creating sustainable and climate-friendly cities is pivotal as it has the capacity to integrate other resource streams such as water, waste and energy. This article describes some of the current aspects of the circular city debate where urban agriculture is pushing forward the development of material and resource cycling in cities. European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST): CA17133; EU Horizon 2020 Programme info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
- Subjects :
- Urbanization. City and country
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Ecosystem service
Environmental engineering
010501 environmental sciences
infrastructure
7. Clean energy
01 natural sciences
630: Landwirtschaft
12. Responsible consumption
Ecosystem services
urban farming
Urban farming
11. Sustainability
recirculation
SDG 13 - Climate Action
Recirculation
Urban agriculture
SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
Environmental planning
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
infraestructure
SDG 15 - Life on Land
agriculture
Infrastructure
circular city
Circular city
business.industry
1. No poverty
15. Life on land
TA170-171
SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
13. Climate action
Agriculture
Business
HT361-384
Earth and Related Environmental Sciences
Natural Sciences
ecosystem services
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Blue-green systems 2(1), 1-27 (2019). doi:10.2166/bgs.2019.931, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal, Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP), instacron:RCAAP, Blue-Green Systems, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 1-27 (2019), Blue-Green Systems
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....98fa07101c7d82bd108f611929fce1e7