Toward an Evaluation of Cultural Ecosystem Services Delivered by Urban Micro-Farms

Giulia Giacchè, Jean-Noël Consalès, Baptiste J-P. Grard, Anne-Cécile Daniel and Claire Chenu
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Giulia Giacchè: UMR SAD-APT, Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, 75231 Paris, France
Jean-Noël Consalès: Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, TELEMME, 13080 Aix-en-Provence, France
Baptiste J-P. Grard: UMR ECOSYS, Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France
Anne-Cécile Daniel: UMR SAD-APT, Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, 75231 Paris, France
Claire Chenu: UMR ECOSYS, Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 4, 1-17

Abstract: Since two decades, urban agriculture has been booming and a wide range of forms, from urban allotment gardens to rooftop farming under greenhouse, is developing. Various benefits are recognized for urban agriculture integration within the city and a specific consideration is dedicated to ecosystem services. In this article, we have focused on cultural ecosystem services provided by urban micro-farms. The state of the art reveals that urban agriculture delivers cultural ecosystem services that are well perceived and evaluated by users, but there are still few studies on this topic. Based on the analysis of specific literature on cultural ecosystems and micro-farms in parallel to a period of observation and documentary research of five urban micro-farms either on rooftop or at soil level, located in Paris and its surroundings, we proposed a specific methodology. This methodology aimed at quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the cultural ecosystem services provided by urban micro-farms and is based on a framework, which distinguishes exogenous and endogenous cultural ecosystem services.

Keywords: cultural ecosystem services; urban green space; urban agriculture; landscape (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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