Articles
Towards more resilient, community-driven urban food systems: design and implementation of case studies in European cities
Article number
1356_19
Pages
157 – 164
Language
English
Abstract
Increasing urbanization rates, loss of natural resources and the effects of climate change are challenging the sustainability of European cities.
Therefore, ensuring resilient urban food systems is crucial to achieve food and nutrition security.
Conventional systems are increasingly vulnerable to present and future disruptions, which urges us to change the way we produce, consume, and think about food.
The development of local or regional food systems can play an important role because of the multifunctional services that are offered to the inhabitants of the city and its surroundings.
The EU Project Food systems in European Cities FoodE (H2020-862663) aims to encourage the development of such systems across the city-regional context by supporting their design, implementation and evaluation.
Within the FoodE framework, 15 pilot case studies are being set up in 11 EU cities and serve as demonstration and first application of innovative solutions in market and social contexts, co-designed with citizens and relevant stakeholders.
These local initiatives range from small-scale fisheries and low-tech market gardens to agricultural parks, semi-industrial high-tech greenhouses and vertical farms, in rural, coastal and urban agglomerations.
This study reports and analyses the results of the community-based design approach of the pilot initiatives in the definition of priorities and optimal features to be implemented.
Therefore, ensuring resilient urban food systems is crucial to achieve food and nutrition security.
Conventional systems are increasingly vulnerable to present and future disruptions, which urges us to change the way we produce, consume, and think about food.
The development of local or regional food systems can play an important role because of the multifunctional services that are offered to the inhabitants of the city and its surroundings.
The EU Project Food systems in European Cities FoodE (H2020-862663) aims to encourage the development of such systems across the city-regional context by supporting their design, implementation and evaluation.
Within the FoodE framework, 15 pilot case studies are being set up in 11 EU cities and serve as demonstration and first application of innovative solutions in market and social contexts, co-designed with citizens and relevant stakeholders.
These local initiatives range from small-scale fisheries and low-tech market gardens to agricultural parks, semi-industrial high-tech greenhouses and vertical farms, in rural, coastal and urban agglomerations.
This study reports and analyses the results of the community-based design approach of the pilot initiatives in the definition of priorities and optimal features to be implemented.
Authors
I. Righini, G. Pennisi, C. Cirillo, P. Munoz, A. Curtis, C. Stanghellini, F. Orsini
Keywords
urban agriculture, short chain, sustainable production, co-creation process, community gardens
Groups involved
- Division Landscape and Urban Horticulture
- Division Horticulture for Human Health
- Division Greenhouse and Indoor Production Horticulture
- Division Horticulture for Development
- Division Precision Horticulture and Engineering
- Division Vegetables, Roots and Tubers
- Commission Agroecology and Organic Farming Systems
- Working Group Urban Horticulture
- Working Group Landscape Horticulture
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