Food for Thought: Addressing Urban Food Security Risks through Urban Agriculture

Steenkamp, J; Cilliers, EJ; Cilliers, SS; Lategan, L

Food for Thought: Addressing Urban Food Security Risks through Urban Agriculture

Steenkamp, J Cilliers, EJ Cilliers, SS Lategan, L

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Publisher:: MDPI AG
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Sustainability, 2021, 13, (3), pp. 1267-1267
Issue Date:: 2021-01-26

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Steenkamp, J
dc.contributor.author	Cilliers, EJ
dc.contributor.author	Cilliers, SS
dc.contributor.author	Lategan, L
dc.date.accessioned	2021-02-01T10:29:13Z
dc.date.available	2021-02-01T10:29:13Z
dc.date.issued	2021-01-26
dc.identifier.citation	Sustainability, 2021, 13, (3), pp. 1267-1267
dc.identifier.issn	2071-1050
dc.identifier.issn	2071-1050
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/145709
dc.description.abstract	<jats:p>Food and nutrition security has been neglected in the planning field for reasons of a lack of connection between food and planning and the perception that agricultural activities have no place in the modernizing world. However, considering increasing climate change impacts and implications on industrialized agriculture, there is a clear need to establish shorter, more sustainable agricultural production practices and food supply chains. Urban agriculture is proposed as a potential method of intervention for planners to support sustainable food production and supply chains. The paper utilized a multiple-case study design to analyze four best practice examples of urban agriculture in the Global South to uncover its potential to address food security associated risks and contribute to sustainable development objectives. The results delivered evidence of the potential to harness the multifunctionality of urban agriculture to not only improve the food security of the most at-risk populations, but to also address other urban risks such as unemployment, community decline and food deserts. The recommendations for this paper relate to establishing a food security department, mapping and encouraging more sustainable food supply chains, creating land uses and zonings specific to urban agriculture and to utilize its multifunctionality to address other urban risks.</jats:p>
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	MDPI AG
dc.relation.ispartof	Sustainability
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.3390/su13031267
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	12 Built Environment and Design
dc.title	Food for Thought: Addressing Urban Food Security Risks through Urban Agriculture
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	13
utslib.for	12 Built Environment and Design
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Built Environment
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
dc.date.updated	2021-02-01T10:29:01Z
pubs.issue	3
pubs.publication-status	Published online
pubs.volume	13
utslib.citation.issue	3

Abstract:

Food and nutrition security has been neglected in the planning field for reasons of a lack of connection between food and planning and the perception that agricultural activities have no place in the modernizing world. However, considering increasing climate change impacts and implications on industrialized agriculture, there is a clear need to establish shorter, more sustainable agricultural production practices and food supply chains. Urban agriculture is proposed as a potential method of intervention for planners to support sustainable food production and supply chains. The paper utilized a multiple-case study design to analyze four best practice examples of urban agriculture in the Global South to uncover its potential to address food security associated risks and contribute to sustainable development objectives. The results delivered evidence of the potential to harness the multifunctionality of urban agriculture to not only improve the food security of the most at-risk populations, but to also address other urban risks such as unemployment, community decline and food deserts. The recommendations for this paper relate to establishing a food security department, mapping and encouraging more sustainable food supply chains, creating land uses and zonings specific to urban agriculture and to utilize its multifunctionality to address other urban risks.

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