NDLI: Urban versus conventional agriculture, taxonomy of resource profiles: a review

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Author	Goldstein, Benjamin Hauschild, Michael Fernández, John Birkved, Morten
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	Urban agriculture appears to be a means to combat the environmental pressure of increasing urbanization and food demand. However, there is hitherto limited knowledge of the efficiency and scaling up of practices of urban farming. Here, we review the claims on urban agriculture’s comparative performance relative to conventional food production. Our main findings are as follows: (1) benefits, such as reduced embodied greenhouse gases, urban heat island reduction, and storm water mitigation, have strong support in current literature. (2) Other benefits such as food waste minimization and ecological footprint reduction require further exploration. (3) Urban agriculture benefits to both food supply chains and urban ecosystems vary considerably with system type. To facilitate the comparison of urban agriculture systems we propose a classification based on (1) conditioning of the growing space and (2) the level of integration with buildings. Lastly, we compare the predicted environmental performance of the four main types of urban agriculture that arise through the application of the taxonomy. The findings show how taxonomy can aid future research on the intersection of urban food production and the larger material and energy regimes of cities (the “urban metabolism”).
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	19
Page Count	19
File Format	PDF
ISSN	17740746
Journal	Agronomy for Sustainable Development
Volume Number	36
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	17730155
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Paris
Publisher Date	2016-01-20
Publisher Institution	Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)
Publisher Place	Paris
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Urban agriculture Quantitative sustainability assessment Urban food systems Life cycle assessment Building integrated agriculture Urban metabolism Industrial ecology Agriculture Soil Science & Conservation Sustainable Development
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Environmental Engineering Agronomy and Crop Science

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