Resource-type: Publications
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Cities and Agriculture – Developing Resilient Urban Food Systems
The book provides urban planners, local policy makers and urban development practitioners with an overview of crucial aspects of urban food systems based on an up to date review of research results and practical experiences in both developed and developing countries.
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Multifunctional rooftop horticulture: a promising strategy for intensifying horticulture production in cities
This publication addresses the main features of rooftop horticulture, providing an interdisciplinary assessment of different approaches for development and the multi-faceted forms that rooftop horticulture may assume in different contexts, bringing together existing experiences as well as suggestions for planning of future sustainable cities.
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Milan Urban Food Policy Pact. Selected Good Practices from Cities
This book collects 49 good practices from signatory cities of the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact that already demonstrate actions, policies and results in various fields such as food waste reduction and reuse, urban and peri-urban agriculture, improved governance and sustainable diets.
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Policy brief: Sustainable Urban Food Provisioning
This policy brief features recommendations and practices on urban food policy and interventions resulting from the SUPURBFOOD programme.
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Effects of urban green areas on air temperature in a medium-sized Argentinian city
Results from this study can be used for integrating urban and peri-urban agriculture and forestry measures into climate change mitigation and urban planning policies in medium-sized cities in the developing world.
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City region food systems literature review
This report briefly and concisely analyses and systematises the content, definitions and delimitations of the concept of City Region Food Systems.
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Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 29 – City Region Food Systems
This Urban Agriculture Magazine addresses city region food systems. A policy and practice approach focusing on urban food from a city-region perspective.
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Integrating urban agriculture and forestry into climate change action plans
This paper describes and gives examples of cities integrating urban agriculture and (agro)forestry in climate change strategies.
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Urban Agriculture Magazine no. 28 – Innovations in Urban Agriculture
This Urban Agriculture Magazine highlights innovations in urban agriculture. Innovation is taking place continuously, exploring the multiple functions of urban agriculture, including food security, income generation and environmental management.