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Urban AgriCulture and Food Systems Dynamics: Urban Gardening and Urban Farming of the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg region, Germany

  • Agricultural activities within the city boundaries have a long history in both developed and developing countries. Especially in developing countries these activities contribute to food security and the mitigation of malnutrition (food grown for home consumption). They generate additional income and contribute to recreation, environmental health as well as social interaction. In this paper, a broad approach of Urban AgriCulture is used, which includes the production of crops in urban and peri-urban areas and ranges in developed countries from allotment gardens (Schrebergarten) over community gardens (Urban Gardening) to semi-entrepreneurial self-harvest farms and fully commercialized agriculture (Urban Farming). Citizens seek to make a shift from traditional to new (sustainable) forms of food supply. From this evolves a demand for urban spaces that can be used agriculturally. The way how these citizens’ initiatives can be supported and their contribution to a resilient and sustainable urban food system increasingly attracts attention. This paper presents an empirical case study on Urban AgriCulture initiatives in the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg region (Germany). Urban AgriCulture is still a niche movement with the potential to contribute more significantly to urban development and constitute a pillar of urban quality of life.

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Document Type:Conference Object
Language:English
Author:Darya Hirsch, Christian Meyer, Johannes Klement, Martin Hamer, Wiltrud Terlau
Parent Title (English):Deiters, Rickert et al. (Eds.): Proceedings of the 10th International European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks. February 15-19, 2016, Innsbruck-Igls, Austria
First Page:406
Last Page:419
ISSN:2194-511X
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:1044-opus-24968
DOI:https://doi.org/10.18461/pfsd.2016.1646
Publisher:CentMa
Place of publication:Bonn
Publishing Institution:Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
Date of first publication:2016/06/14
Copyright:This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License
Keyword:citizen participation; food systems; regional food production; social empirical research; sustainable transition; urban green spaces
Departments, institutes and facilities:Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Internationales Zentrum für Nachhaltige Entwicklung (IZNE)
Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC):6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 63 Landwirtschaft / 630 Landwirtschaft und verwandte Bereiche
Entry in this database:2016/06/23
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY-NC - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell 4.0 International