The geography of urban agriculture: New trends and challenges

0482355 - ÚGN 2018 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Duží, Barbora - Frantál, Bohumil - Rojo, M. S.
The geography of urban agriculture: New trends and challenges.
Moravian Geographical Reports. Roč. 25, č. 3 (2017), s. 130-138. ISSN 1210-8812. E-ISSN 1210-8812
EU Projects: European Commission(XE) 642372 - INSPIRATION
Institutional support: RVO:68145535
Keywords : urban agriculture * peri-urban agriculture * food production * urban farming * food gardening
OECD category: Urban studies (planning and development)
Impact factor: 1.435, year: 2017
http://www.geonika.cz/EN/research/ENMGRClanky/2017_3_DUZI.pdf

In the article, which is a theoretical and conceptual introduction for the Special Issue of Moravian Geographical Reports on 'New trends and challenges of urban agriculture in the context of Europe', the authors resume and review diverging issues of urban agriculture, exploring and discussing them from a geographical perspective and in a wider context of the transformation of urban and rural spaces, urban regeneration and renewal, agricultural restructuring, multifunctionality, ecosystem services, land-use conflicts and social responsibility. After the introduction that depicts a changing role of agriculture in the context of urban and rural transformations, the current research on urban agriculture in Europe is summarised and reviewed. Then the main trends and concepts of growing and expanding urban agriculture are presented and discussed with a special emphasis on the challenges these pose to geographers.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0277763