Planning of urban green spaces: An ecological perspective on human benefits

T Semeraro, A Scarano, R Buccolieri, A Santino… - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the context of urban land-use growth and the consequent impacts on the environment,
green spaces provide ecosystem services for human health. The ecosystem services …

The intersection of planning, urban agriculture, and food justice: A review of the literature

M Horst, N McClintock, L Hoey - Planning for equitable urban agriculture in …, 2024 - Springer
Problem, research strategy, and findings: We draw on a multidisciplinary body of research to
consider how planning for urban agriculture can foster food justice by benefitting …

Urban vegetable for food security in cities. A review

C Eigenbrod, N Gruda - Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 2015 - Springer
Global food production faces great challenges in the future. With a future world population of
9.6 billion by 2050, rising urbanization, decreasing arable land, and weather extremes due …

Sustainable intensification in agricultural systems

J Pretty, ZP Bharucha - Annals of botany, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Background Agricultural systems are amended ecosystems with a variety of properties.
Modern agroecosystems have tended towards high through-flow systems, with energy …

Seeds and the city: a review of municipal home food gardening programs in Canada in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

J Music, L Mullins, S Charlebois, C Large… - Humanities and Social …, 2022 - nature.com
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, home food gardening articles have
saturated popular media outlets. Home food gardening is more popular than ever, and …

[HTML][HTML] Monitoring the contribution of urban agriculture to urban sustainability: an indicator-based framework

C Tapia, L Randall, S Wang, LA Borges - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
In an increasingly urbanized world, urban agriculture and community gardening are
promoted as lever for sustainable urban development. Urban agriculture contributes to food …

Stormwater management and ecosystem services: a review

L Prudencio, SE Null - Environmental Research Letters, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Researchers and water managers have turned to green stormwater infrastructure, such as
bioswales, retention basins, wetlands, rain gardens, and urban green spaces to reduce …

[HTML][HTML] Urban food policies for a sustainable and just future: Concepts and tools for a renewed agenda

A Moragues-Faus, J Battersby - Food Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
In the context of pressing socio-ecological challenges, from poverty and pandemics to
climate change, urban food policies are expanding across the globe. The special issue on …

Features and functions of multifunctional urban agriculture in the global north: a review

F Orsini, G Pennisi, N Michelon, A Minelli… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, urban agriculture (UA) projects have bloomed throughout the world, finding
large applications also in the developed economies of the so-called Global North. As …

Ecosystem services of urban agriculture and prospects for scaling up production: A study of Detroit

JP Newell, A Foster, M Borgman, S Meerow - Cities, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban agriculture provides a range of ecosystem services (as well as potential disservices).
This study examines the spatial extent, physical characteristics, and residents' perceptions of …