Introduction to the Special Issue “A Systemic Perspective on Urban Food Supply: Assessing Different Types of Urban Agriculture”

Sustainability

Marius Rommel¹  Jan Vávra²  Kathrin Specht³  Martina Artmann⁴ 

[1] Faculty of Economics, Research Center Pluralist Economics, University Siegen, Adolf-Reichwein-Straße 2, 57076 Siegen, Germany;Faculty of Economics, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Studentská 13, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic;ILS—Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development, Brüderweg 22-24, 44135 Dortmund, Germany;Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Weberplatz 1, 01217 Dresden, Germany;

关键词: urban food production;    urban gardening;    urban farming;    assessment;    edible cities;    ecosystem services;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su13073798

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The production of food within cities through urban agriculture can be considered as a nature-based solution and is argued to be an important response to the current COVID-19 pandemic as well as to climate change and other urban challenges. However, current research on urban agriculture is still fragmented, calling for a systematic and integrative assessment of different forms of urban agriculture and the drivers and constraints for their effective realization. In this context, the Special Issue presents conceptual and empirical research articles from around the world on the impact and implementation potential of various types of urban agriculture. The studies of this Special Issue cover a broad range of impact and implementation dimensions, asssessment methods and geographical backgrounds that can support future studies to develop a systemic perspective on urban food production.

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