Monitoring sustainability of urban agriculture
Who is going to do it and how
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21469366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sebastian Eiter (Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, corresponding author), Wendy Fjellstad (0000-0002-2849-9785, Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research), Loes van Schaik (0000-0002-5742-2859, Wageningen University & Research) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 257 |
| Pages | 105300 |
| Publication date | 2025-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Landscape and Urban Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0169-2046 • E-ISSN: 1872-6062 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2025.105300 |
| OpenAlex | W4406591192 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 55 |
Consistent evidence is needed of sustainability impacts of urban agriculture. • Proper monitoring requires a comprehensive set of sustainability indicators. • Standardisation is needed to compare over time and space. • Cooperation with interest groups or educational institutions can give valuable data. • Convenient tools for data collection and storage are essential. Urban agriculture is often considered a tool to increase the economic, social and environmental sustainability of cities and city food systems. However, sustainability is difficult to measure, resulting in debate about how sustainable urban agriculture truly is. There is therefore a lack of incentive to promote urban agriculture or protect existing initiatives that are threatened by development pressure on urban land. Monitoring the sustainability impact of urban agriculture could provide evidence and enable politicians and decision makers to make informed decisions about whether and where to prioritise different forms of urban agriculture above competing interests. We used case examples from five European cities to identify the challenges involved in monitoring urban agriculture, from selecting indicators and gathering data, to using the results. We found large differences in approach in terms of what topics to monitor and who was responsible, who gathered the data and when, what data was recorded and how they were stored, and how findings were disseminated or published. Based on these experiences, we recommend stronger involvement of existing interest groups and educational institutions in monitoring urban agriculture, and promotion of convenient tools for data collection by citizen science and for long-term data storage
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |