Opportunities and Challenges of Urban Agriculture for Sustainable City Development

Erwin Van Tuijl (), Hospers Gert-Jan () and Leo Van Den Berg ()
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Erwin Van Tuijl: HafenCity University Hamburg, Department of Urban and Regional Economics, Überseeallee 16, 20457 Hamburg (Germany) & KU Leuven, Division of Geography and Tourism (Belgium)
Hospers Gert-Jan: Radboud University, Institute for Management Research & University of Twente, Faculty of Business, Management and Social Sciences, Radboud University, Comeniuslaan 4, 6525 HP Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Leo Van Den Berg: EURICUR & Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands

European Spatial Research and Policy, 2018, vol. 25, issue 2, 5-22

Abstract: Urban Agriculture (UA) has gained popularity in cities all over the world. In this paper, we explore the concept of UA and discuss it along various locational and strategic dimensions. The article aims to provide insights into the chances and challenges of UA for sustainable city development. By making use of case examples from cities worldwide we show that UA can contribute to the social, environmental, and economics pillars of sustainable city development. However, there are limitations which should be taken into account for cities that want to invest in urban agriculture.

Keywords: urban agriculture; sustainability; cities; case examples (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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