Global Trends in Urban Agriculture Research: A Pathway toward Urban Resilience and Sustainability
Urban agriculture has been proposed as an important urban element to deal with the challenges of food insecurity and environmental deterioration. In order to track current popular topics and global research trends in urban agriculture, we used bibliometric analysis and visualization mapping to evalu...
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| description | Urban agriculture has been proposed as an important urban element to deal with the challenges of food insecurity and environmental deterioration. In order to track current popular topics and global research trends in urban agriculture, we used bibliometric analysis and visualization mapping to evaluate and analyze the developments in the knowledge of urban agriculture based on 605 papers from the core collection database Web of Science from 2001–2021. The results were as follows. (1) The number of urban agriculture publications increased substantially year by year, indicating that the field is attracting increasing attention. The University of Kassel, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and University of Freiburg are the most productive research institutions in the field of urban agriculture. The top-five most influential countries are the Unites States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, and China, of which the Unites States plays a central role in the cooperative linkage between countries. (2) Research on urban agriculture focuses not only on food production and different styles but also on how to realize the various functions of urban agriculture. In addition, UA-related sustainability and the water-energy-food nexus have become two emerging research topics. (3) Urban agriculture does not necessarily mean a resource-conserving and environmentally friendly food system. To achieve sustainable development, a transition based on technological innovation is needed. How to improve the sustainable development level of the food system while fully considering the resilience, sustainability, and versatility of urban agriculture is the main direction of future research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f51afb21f7c24818aec885dbf253c6eb2023-11-23T14:22:54ZengMDPI AGLand2073-445X2022-01-0111111710.3390/land11010117Global Trends in Urban Agriculture Research: A Pathway toward Urban Resilience and SustainabilityDan Yan0Litao Liu1Xiaojie Liu2Ming Zhang3Center for Energy, Environment & Economy Research, Zhengzhou University, No. 100 Science Avenue, Gaoxin District, Zhengzhou 450001, ChinaInstitute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 11A Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, ChinaInstitute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 11A Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, ChinaTourism Management School, Zhengzhou University, No. 100 Science Avenue, Gaoxin District, Zhengzhou 450001, ChinaUrban agriculture has been proposed as an important urban element to deal with the challenges of food insecurity and environmental deterioration. In order to track current popular topics and global research trends in urban agriculture, we used bibliometric analysis and visualization mapping to evaluate and analyze the developments in the knowledge of urban agriculture based on 605 papers from the core collection database Web of Science from 2001–2021. The results were as follows. (1) The number of urban agriculture publications increased substantially year by year, indicating that the field is attracting increasing attention. The University of Kassel, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and University of Freiburg are the most productive research institutions in the field of urban agriculture. The top-five most influential countries are the Unites States, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, and China, of which the Unites States plays a central role in the cooperative linkage between countries. (2) Research on urban agriculture focuses not only on food production and different styles but also on how to realize the various functions of urban agriculture. In addition, UA-related sustainability and the water-energy-food nexus have become two emerging research topics. (3) Urban agriculture does not necessarily mean a resource-conserving and environmentally friendly food system. To achieve sustainable development, a transition based on technological innovation is needed. How to improve the sustainable development level of the food system while fully considering the resilience, sustainability, and versatility of urban agriculture is the main direction of future research.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/1/117urban agriculturebibliometricsCiteSpacebibliometrix |
| spellingShingle | Dan Yan Litao Liu Xiaojie Liu Ming Zhang Global Trends in Urban Agriculture Research: A Pathway toward Urban Resilience and Sustainability Land urban agriculture bibliometrics CiteSpace bibliometrix |
| title | Global Trends in Urban Agriculture Research: A Pathway toward Urban Resilience and Sustainability |
| title_full | Global Trends in Urban Agriculture Research: A Pathway toward Urban Resilience and Sustainability |
| title_fullStr | Global Trends in Urban Agriculture Research: A Pathway toward Urban Resilience and Sustainability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Global Trends in Urban Agriculture Research: A Pathway toward Urban Resilience and Sustainability |
| title_short | Global Trends in Urban Agriculture Research: A Pathway toward Urban Resilience and Sustainability |
| title_sort | global trends in urban agriculture research a pathway toward urban resilience and sustainability |
| topic | urban agriculture bibliometrics CiteSpace bibliometrix |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/11/1/117 |
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