Urban Commons for the Edible City—First Insights for Future Sustainable Urban Food Systems from Berlin, Germany

Sustainability

SuhanaE. Reddy¹  Thomas Wachtel¹  Ina Säumel¹  Nadine Scharf² 

[1] Integrative Research Institute THESys Transformation of Human-Environment-Systems, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany;Lokale Agenda 21 für Dresden e.V., Schützengasse 18, 01067 Dresden, Germany;

关键词: citizens engagement;    cross-sectoral coordination;    co-creation;    sustainable urban development;    urban agriculture;    urban farming;    urban gardening;    urban transformation;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su11040966

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Urban planning is facing multi-layered challenges to manage the transformation towards a more sustainable and inclusive society. The recently evolved concept of an “urban commons„ responds to the crucial need to re-situate residents as key actors. Urban food commons summarize all initiatives that are food-related (e.g., cultivation, harvest, and distribution), aiming at a visualization and utilization of value chains and the commons-based linkage between them. We explored first insights of food commons in Berlin based on semi-structured, in-depth interviews. Urban food commons strengthen identification, participation, self-organization, and social resilience, are steered by bottom-up processes, and can be a powerful tool for a transformation towards urban sustainability. However, a viable political integration of existing initiatives lacks due to structural implementation problems. Respondents recommend a pooling of all initiatives in a strong network and a mediation interface to coordinate between food commons and city administration and politics. A combined approach of commons and edible cities will be helpful for the development of future prove food systems.

【 授权许可】

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