Designing food efficient urban forms

Ghosh, S

Designing food efficient urban forms

Ghosh, S

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Publisher:: ICMS Pty Ltd., Australia
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: UPE 10 Next City: Planning For a New Energy & Climate Future, 2013, pp. 332 - 346
Issue Date:: 2013-01

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dc.contributor.author	Ghosh, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6488-9329	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Gurran, N	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Phibbs, P	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Thompson, S	en_US
dc.date	2012-07-24	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	UPE 10 Next City: Planning For a New Energy & Climate Future, 2013, pp. 332 - 346	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781742102818	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/23242
dc.description.abstract	By 2030, two third of the world's population will live in urban areas. Due to land transformation to urban development and other competing land uses (such as biofuel production etc.), availability of agricultural land for food production will decrease significantly. If the cumulative open land areas locked within urban developments could be put to productive use, they could contribute immensely towards achieving a sustainable food future. An appropriate design of urban form efficient in accommodating spaces for growing local food would be essential. This paper reviews and compares selected national and international best practice examples of urban forms that are self-sufficient in growing local food and the related policies. This study builds on author's previous research on local food and presents a new precinct scale case study in Sydney systematically analysing the typologies of food production spaces available considering different density developments within the existing urban form. The research outcomes discuss how the existing patterns of the built environments could be retrofitted and designed to accommodate food production spaces enhancing liveability, sustainability, improved public health and food security. Finally, this paper provides recommendations on the potential local food policy areas that need be considered within different types of urban environments.	en_US
dc.publisher	ICMS Pty Ltd., Australia	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	UPE 10 Next City: Planning For a New Energy & Climate Future	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Urban Planning and Environment Association Symposium	en_US
dc.title	Designing food efficient urban forms	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	UPE10 Symposium, Sydney, 24 - 27 July, 2012	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Sydney	en_US
utslib.for	120507 Urban Analysis and Development	en_US
dc.location.activity	Sydney	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
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
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.consider-herdc	true	en_US
pubs.finish-date	2012-07-27	en_US
pubs.place-of-publication	UPE10 Symposium, Sydney, 24 - 27 July, 2012	en_US
pubs.start-date	2012-07-24	en_US

Abstract:

By 2030, two third of the world's population will live in urban areas. Due to land transformation to urban development and other competing land uses (such as biofuel production etc.), availability of agricultural land for food production will decrease significantly. If the cumulative open land areas locked within urban developments could be put to productive use, they could contribute immensely towards achieving a sustainable food future. An appropriate design of urban form efficient in accommodating spaces for growing local food would be essential. This paper reviews and compares selected national and international best practice examples of urban forms that are self-sufficient in growing local food and the related policies. This study builds on author's previous research on local food and presents a new precinct scale case study in Sydney systematically analysing the typologies of food production spaces available considering different density developments within the existing urban form. The research outcomes discuss how the existing patterns of the built environments could be retrofitted and designed to accommodate food production spaces enhancing liveability, sustainability, improved public health and food security. Finally, this paper provides recommendations on the potential local food policy areas that need be considered within different types of urban environments.

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