Urban Food Systems: A Bibliometric Review from 1991 to 2020
The increase of urbanization is affecting the urban food system (UFS) in many areas, primarily production, processing, and consumption. The upgrading of the urban food consumption structure not only puts forward higher food production requirements, but also poses a challenge to resource consumption...
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| description | The increase of urbanization is affecting the urban food system (UFS) in many areas, primarily production, processing, and consumption. The upgrading of the urban food consumption structure not only puts forward higher food production requirements, but also poses a challenge to resource consumption and technological innovation. Considerable case or review studies have been conducted on UFS, but there is no bibliometric review attempting to provide an objective and comprehensive analysis of the existing articles. In this study, we selected 5360 research publications from the core Web of Science collection from 1991 to 2020, analyzing contributions of countries, institutions, and journals. In addition, based on keyword co-occurrence and clustering analyses, we evaluated the research hotspots of UFS. The results show that global research interest in UFS has increased significantly during these three decades. The USA, China, and the UK are the countries with the highest output and closest collaborations. UFS research involves multiple subject categories, with environmental disciplines becoming mainstream. Food security, food consumption, and food waste are the three main research areas. We suggest that food sustainability and resilience, food innovation, and comparative studies between cities should be given more attention in the future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e103fb43bb8f40e98c3c0df4a52d51d32023-11-21T11:14:24ZengMDPI AGFoods2304-81582021-03-0110366210.3390/foods10030662Urban Food Systems: A Bibliometric Review from 1991 to 2020Qiumeng Zhong0Lan Wang1Shenghui Cui2Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, ChinaKey Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, ChinaKey Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, ChinaThe increase of urbanization is affecting the urban food system (UFS) in many areas, primarily production, processing, and consumption. The upgrading of the urban food consumption structure not only puts forward higher food production requirements, but also poses a challenge to resource consumption and technological innovation. Considerable case or review studies have been conducted on UFS, but there is no bibliometric review attempting to provide an objective and comprehensive analysis of the existing articles. In this study, we selected 5360 research publications from the core Web of Science collection from 1991 to 2020, analyzing contributions of countries, institutions, and journals. In addition, based on keyword co-occurrence and clustering analyses, we evaluated the research hotspots of UFS. The results show that global research interest in UFS has increased significantly during these three decades. The USA, China, and the UK are the countries with the highest output and closest collaborations. UFS research involves multiple subject categories, with environmental disciplines becoming mainstream. Food security, food consumption, and food waste are the three main research areas. We suggest that food sustainability and resilience, food innovation, and comparative studies between cities should be given more attention in the future.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/10/3/662sustainable food systemnetwork analysisurban agriculturesustainabilityresiliencefood security |
| spellingShingle | Qiumeng Zhong Lan Wang Shenghui Cui Urban Food Systems: A Bibliometric Review from 1991 to 2020 Foods sustainable food system network analysis urban agriculture sustainability resilience food security |
| title | Urban Food Systems: A Bibliometric Review from 1991 to 2020 |
| title_full | Urban Food Systems: A Bibliometric Review from 1991 to 2020 |
| title_fullStr | Urban Food Systems: A Bibliometric Review from 1991 to 2020 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Urban Food Systems: A Bibliometric Review from 1991 to 2020 |
| title_short | Urban Food Systems: A Bibliometric Review from 1991 to 2020 |
| title_sort | urban food systems a bibliometric review from 1991 to 2020 |
| topic | sustainable food system network analysis urban agriculture sustainability resilience food security |
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