The Place of Urban Food Forests in Cities of the 21st Century

Paloma Cariñanos, Simone Borelli, Michela Conigliaro and Alessio Fini
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Paloma Cariñanos: Department of Botany, University of Granada, Spain
Simone Borelli: Forestry Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Italy
Michela Conigliaro: Forestry Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Italy
Alessio Fini: Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Milan, Italy

Urban Planning, 2022, vol. 7, issue 2, 135-138

Abstract: The history of urban food forests (UFFs) dates back to ancient times, when civilizations incorporated edible species into wild forests to create an ecosystem as natural as and self-sufficient as possible. Since the second half of the 20th century, the practices of integrating edible plants into ornamental landscapes have spread throughout the world. Currently, UFFs must face a number of challenges similar to those encountered by urban forests: land tenure, governance, technical capacities, and pollution and global change issues, and must be addressed in order to identify the most suitable combination of productive, environmental, and socio-economic functions of UFF. The events on a global scale that occurred in the first decades of the 21st century are forcing those who live and work in urban environments to react quickly to address the upcoming challenges.

Keywords: ecosystem services; edible cities; food forests; food security; urban challenges; urban forests (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.17645/up.v7i2.5567

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