Federica Monaco (Author), Ingo Zasada (Author), Dirk M. Wascher (Author), Matjaž Glavan (Author), Marina Pintar (Author), Ulrich Schmutz (Author), Chiara Mazzocchi (Author), Stefano Corsi (Author), Guido Sali (Author)

Abstract

In the wider debate on urban resilience and metabolism, food-related aspects have gained increasing importance. At the same time, urban agro-food systems in city regions are facing major challenges with regard to often limited domestic supplies, resource-intensive producer–consumer relationships, and the competition for low-price products via global food chains. In this sense, novel methods for coupling local and global processes are required to better understand the underlying mechanisms between the above factors. Exploring the relationship between food supply and demand, this study presents a set of suitable fact-finding tools that are introduced and applied in a comparative study of five European city regions. The methodological framework, by introducing and combining economic-based indexes, aims at overcoming limits and gaps identified by means of a literature review. The model will explicitly address the main features of the regional agro-food systems by managing information on the capacities and opportunities of local agriculture to adequately respond to food demand, as well as by providing insights on the interconnections among localism, global competitiveness of agricultural sectors, and land use change.

Keywords

urbano okolje;urbano vrtnarstvo;kmetijstvo;mesta;ekonomski model;

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Language: English
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Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization: UL BF - Biotechnical Faculty
UDC: 633
COBISS: 8598905 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 2071-1050
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Secondary language: Slovenian
Secondary keywords: urbano okolje;urbano vrtnarstvo;kmetijstvo;mesta;ekonomski model;
Type (COBISS): Article
Pages: Str. 1-20
Volume: ǂVol. ǂ9
Issue: ǂiss. ǂ96
Chronology: 2017
DOI: 10.3390/su9010096
ID: 13539696