The Role of Urban Agriculture as a Nature-Based Solution
A Review for Developing a Systemic Assessment Framework
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23337361 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martina Artmann (0000-0003-3119-4314, Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, corresponding author), Katharina Sartison (Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1937 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sustainability (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2071-1050 • E-ISSN: 2071-1050 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/su10061937 |
| OpenAlex | W2808231215 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 65 |
| References cited | 158 |
Urbanization and achieving sustainable agriculture are both major societal challenges. By reducing food miles and connecting people with nature, food cultivation in cities has several major advantages. However, due to further urban development (peri-) urban agriculture (UPA) is under threat. To strengthen UPA, we argue for considering UPA as a nature-based solution (NbS) supporting systemic approaches for societal challenges. However, academic knowledge on UPA’s contribution to various societal challenges of urbanization is still fragmented. This study addresses the gap by conducting a systemic literature review, incorporating 166 academic articles focusing on the global north. The results of the review show that UPA contributes to ten key societal challenges of urbanization: climate change, food security, biodiversity and ecosystem services, agricultural intensification, resource efficiency, urban renewal and regeneration, land management, public health, social cohesion, and economic growth. The value of UPA is its multifunctionality in providing social, economic and environmental co-benefits and ecosystem services. When implementing UPA, social, institutional, economic, technical, geographical, and ecological drivers and constraints need to be considered. To upscale UPA successfully, the study develops an integrative assessment framework for evaluating the implementation and impact efficiency of UPA. This framework should be tested based on the example of edible cities.
Agriculture · Biology · Business · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Natural resource economics · Systemic risk · Ecology · Environmental Science · Food Security and Socioeconomic Dynamics · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability · Urban Green Space and Health
A brief history of a subversive future
Exploring the design and contributions of urban agroecosystem living labs for sustainable city development
Potential of Technosols Created with Urban By-Products for Rooftop Edible Production
Stakeholders’ involvement in the planning of nature-based solutions
The survival of agriculture on the edge
Beyond food
Key Enablers of and Barriers to the Uptake and Implementation of Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Settings
Social entrepreneurship and social business associated with multiple functions of urban agriculture in Japan
Contribution of Home Gardens to Sustainable Development
Fostering sustainability
Exploring the Sustainability Landscape of Nature‐Based Solutions in Food Systems
Pestilential or Productive? Tracking Two Centuries of Environmental Change and Current Perceptions About Ecosystem Services of the East Kolkata Wetlands
Reimagining land use planning
Creative counter-discourses to the “green city” narrative
Food sharing governance in European cities
İklim Değişikliğine Uyum ve Etkilerinin Azaltılması İçin Doğa Temelli Çözümler
Physically apart but socially connected
Urban agriculture — A necessary pathway towards urban resilience and global sustainability
Urban agriculture as an interface for policy–practice integration
Public perceptions of multiple ecosystem services from urban agriculture
Home-grown food
The extent of awareness and degree of contributions of socio-community features to changing climate and its variability in Lagos Mega-city, Nigeria
Synergising outdoor, indoor, and greenhouse urban agriculture to strengthen urban resilience in an era of polycrisis
AI-driven insights into urban agriculture
Adaptive design model for the integration of urban agriculture in the sustainable development of cities. A case study in northern Spain
Multiple evaluation of urban and peri-urban agriculture and its relation to spatial planning
Lawn with a side salad
Cultivating sustainable and healthy cities
Public perceptions towards urban horticulture in front-yard greenhouses
Practices and Barriers to Sustainable Urban Agriculture
Youth Perception of Public Spaces in the City
Climate Change, Nature-Based Tourism, and Aging
Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Regeneration
Strategies for Mainstreaming Edible Cities with Focus on the City of Lincoln
Assessing Citizens’ Perceptions of Urban Agriculture and Its Contribution to Food Security—Worldwide Analysis and Specific Case Studies in Spain
Seven lessons for planning nature-based solutions in cities
Roots of resilience
Tree collateral – A finance blind spot for small-scale forestry? A realist synthesis review
How do smallholder forest farmers' organizations manage and commercialize wood products? – A global systematic review
Urban agriculture in India
Post-disaster recovery plan for a rural settler's community affected by the Fundão dam tailings in Brazil
Urban Agriculture in Neo ‐ Austerity Times
What do we (not) know on forest management institutions in sub-Saharan Africa? A regional comparative review
Understanding Social-Ecological Memory in Urban Agriculture
Analyser l’agriculture urbaine occidentale à travers la notion de capital environnemental
Utilization of urban agriculture to enhance urban sustainability
Power in forest management institutions
Institutionalizing urban agriculture in urban sustainability
The role of urban community gardens in the food system in Brisbane, Australia
Exploring trends in bioeconomy and urban agriculture for cities – A meta-review for identifying major tasks for urban planning
Nexus approach and environmental resource governance in Sub-Saharan Africa
How do nature-based solutions contribute to urban landscape sustainability
Understanding the dynamics of urban horticulture by socially-oriented practices and populace perception
The potential of nature-based solutions to deliver ecologically just cities
Investigating local policy instruments for different types of urban agriculture in four European cities
The role of food gardening in addressing urban sustainability – A new framework for analysing policy approaches
Integrating farmland in urban green infrastructure planning. An evidence synthesis for informed policymaking
Cultivating change
Barriers and enablers for private residential urban food gardening
Contribution of agricultural activities to urban sustainability
An action framework for the participatory assessment of nature-based solutions in cities
Agro-urbanistica. Una nuova lente per interpretare e pianificare le aree agricole1
Urban Pastoralism around Bucharest
Rethinking the geography of sustainability transitions by considering human-nature connections in rural areas
Deepening democracy for the governance toward just transitions in agri-food systems
Ecosystem disservices research
Strawberry fields forever? Urban agriculture in developed countries
The dimensions of global urban expansion
The superior effect of nature based solutions in land management for enhancing ecosystem services
Global food demand and the sustainable intensification of agriculture
Growing what you eat
The science, policy and practice of nature-based solutions
The uptake of the ecosystem services concept in planning discourses of European and American cities
Urban agriculture in the developing world
Multifunctional Urban Agriculture for Sustainable Land Use Planning in the United States
Civic greening and environmental learning in public-access community gardens in Berlin
Neighborhood attachment and its correlates
Nature‐Based Solutions for Europe's Sustainable Development
The future of urban agriculture and biodiversity-ecosystem services
A social–ecological assessment of vacant lots in New York City
Solutions for a cultivated planet
Urban gardens as a solution to energy poverty and urban heat island
Urban Agriculture as a Tool for Facilitated Urban Greening of Sites in Transition
Renewed prospects for green infrastructure planning in the UK
Social-Ecological Refuges
Health Benefits of Urban Allotment Gardening
Nature-based Solutions
Human–environment interactions in urban green spaces — A systematic review of contemporary issues and prospects for future research
A Quantitative Review of Urban Ecosystem Service Assessments
Spatial dimensions of soil sealing management in growing and shrinking cities – a systemic multi-scale analysis in Germany
From sanctuaries to prefigurative social change
The transition to an urbanizing world and the demand for natural resources
Ecosystem services provided by urban gardens in Barcelona, Spain
Peri-urban agriculture, social inclusion of migrant population and Right to the City
Color me healthy
Entrepreneurial endeavors
Agricultural knowledge in urban and resettled communities
Sustainable Food vs. Unsustainable Politics in the City of Palermo
Cultivating citizenship, equity, and social inclusion? Putting civic agriculture into practice through urban farming
Perception and acceptance of agricultural production in and on urban buildings (ZFarming)
Urban agriculture and the prospects for deep democracy
Edible backyards
Is food a motivation for urban gardeners? Multifunctionality and the relative importance of the food function in urban collective gardens of Paris and Montreal
Reclaiming localisation for revitalising agriculture
Shortening food supply chains
Urban agriculture and the sustainability fix in Vancouver and Detroit
Professional urban agriculture and its characteristic business models in Metropolis Ruhr, Germany
Mapping spatial patterns of urban agriculture in Rome (Italy) using Google Earth and web-mapping services
Marginal periurban agricultural areas
Growing in Glasgow
Urban crops and livestock
Taking context into account in urban agriculture governance
Food as creative city politics in the city of Rotterdam
Can cities become self-reliant in food
Shrinking cities
Reprint of “The production of urban vacant land
Norwegian allotment gardens — a study of motives and benefits
From Multifunctionality to Multiple Ecosystem Services? A Conceptual Framework for Multifunctionality in Green Infrastructure Planning for Urban Areas
Political Gardening in a Post-disaster City
The role of local government in promoting sustainable urban agriculture in Dar es Salaam and Copenhagen
Maize Germplasm Conservation in Southern California’s Urban Gardens
The Wild Life of Pesticides
Nature-based solutions to climate change mitigation and adaptation in urban areas
Disparity Despite Diversity
Convergence on Sustainable Lifestyles? Mechanisms of Change and Resistance in a French Allotment
Connecting food environments and health through the relational nature of aesthetics
Exploring ecological, emotional and social levers of self-rated health for urban gardeners and non-gardeners
Reading Ecosystem Services at the Local Scale through a Territorial Approach
Not Just the Price of Food
| Unique citing works | 65 |
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| Citations per year | 8,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 59 |