The Place of Urban Food Forests in Cities of the 21st Century

Bibliographic Data

ID22017902
AuthorsPaloma Cariñanos (0000-0002-8955-2383, Universidad de Granada), Simone Borelli, Michela Conigliaro (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), Alessio Fini (0000-0002-9713-689X, University of Milan)
Year2022
Volume7
Issue2
Pages135-138
Publication date2022-05-31
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Planning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2183-7635 • E-ISSN: 2183-7635
PublisherCogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT)
DOI10.17645/up.v7i2.5567
OpenAlexW4281805013
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

The history of urban food forests (UFFs) dates back to ancient times, when civilizations incorporated edible species into wild forests to create an ecosystem as natural as and self-sufficient as possible. Since the second half of the 20th century, the practices of integrating edible plants into ornamental landscapes have spread throughout the world. Currently, UFFs must face a number of challenges similar to those encountered by urban forests: land tenure, governance, technical capacities, and pollution and global change issues, and must be addressed in order to identify the most suitable combination of productive, environmental, and socio-economic functions of UFF. The events on a global scale that occurred in the first decades of the 21st century are forcing those who live and work in urban environments to react quickly to address the upcoming challenges

Archaeology · Biology · Cartography · Environmental planning · Environmental protection · Environmental resource management · Geography · Land use · Social science · Sociology · Urban ecosystem · Urban planning · Engineering · Environmental Science · Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability · Ecology

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