How to feed the cities? Co-creating inclusive, healthy and sustainable city region food systems
People drive transitions. Current urban living conditions, specifically food systems, challenge the health, wellbeing and coherence of individuals and whole societies, and for effective change toward resilient communities, people need to reinvent the way they produce, distribute and consume food. Co...
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| author | Ina Säumel Suhana Reddy Thomas Wachtel Martin Schlecht Rodrigo Ramos-Jiliberto |
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| description | People drive transitions. Current urban living conditions, specifically food systems, challenge the health, wellbeing and coherence of individuals and whole societies, and for effective change toward resilient communities, people need to reinvent the way they produce, distribute and consume food. Consequently, in their communities' people are creating foodscapes and governing the transition toward sustainable local food systems. Here, we introduce a conceptual framework to develop this transformation through empowering the urban multi-stakeholder society as the agent of this process. To do so, we reviewed scientific evidence and experiences from seven selected City Regions (Albacete, Baku, Dresden, Izmir, Ljubljana, Megara, and Valparaiso) as case studies and conducted a SWOT analysis to explore the capacity of food systems to enhance multi-functionality of urban landscapes, with special focus on social cohesion and quality of life. We grasp existing policies; hone them and leverage policies and strategies toward human-centered actions for future proofing food systems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f5f347ff7d514c6daed00c8d343dd14a2022-12-22T03:44:08ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems2571-581X2022-08-01610.3389/fsufs.2022.909899909899How to feed the cities? Co-creating inclusive, healthy and sustainable city region food systemsIna Säumel0Suhana Reddy1Thomas Wachtel2Martin Schlecht3Rodrigo Ramos-Jiliberto4Integrative Research Institute THESys Transformation of Human-Environment-Systems, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, GermanyCommunication Department, Berlin University Alliance, Berlin, GermanyIntegrative Research Institute THESys Transformation of Human-Environment-Systems, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, GermanyInstitute of Vocational Education and Work Studies, Work, Technology and Participation, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, GermanyGEMA Center for Genomics, Ecology, and Environment, Universidad Mayor, Santiago, ChilePeople drive transitions. Current urban living conditions, specifically food systems, challenge the health, wellbeing and coherence of individuals and whole societies, and for effective change toward resilient communities, people need to reinvent the way they produce, distribute and consume food. Consequently, in their communities' people are creating foodscapes and governing the transition toward sustainable local food systems. Here, we introduce a conceptual framework to develop this transformation through empowering the urban multi-stakeholder society as the agent of this process. To do so, we reviewed scientific evidence and experiences from seven selected City Regions (Albacete, Baku, Dresden, Izmir, Ljubljana, Megara, and Valparaiso) as case studies and conducted a SWOT analysis to explore the capacity of food systems to enhance multi-functionality of urban landscapes, with special focus on social cohesion and quality of life. We grasp existing policies; hone them and leverage policies and strategies toward human-centered actions for future proofing food systems.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2022.909899/fullmulti-functionalitytransformationtransitionFood2030urban sustainable developmentcommunity of practice and knowledge |
| spellingShingle | Ina Säumel Suhana Reddy Thomas Wachtel Martin Schlecht Rodrigo Ramos-Jiliberto How to feed the cities? Co-creating inclusive, healthy and sustainable city region food systems Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems multi-functionality transformation transition Food2030 urban sustainable development community of practice and knowledge |
| title | How to feed the cities? Co-creating inclusive, healthy and sustainable city region food systems |
| title_full | How to feed the cities? Co-creating inclusive, healthy and sustainable city region food systems |
| title_fullStr | How to feed the cities? Co-creating inclusive, healthy and sustainable city region food systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | How to feed the cities? Co-creating inclusive, healthy and sustainable city region food systems |
| title_short | How to feed the cities? Co-creating inclusive, healthy and sustainable city region food systems |
| title_sort | how to feed the cities co creating inclusive healthy and sustainable city region food systems |
| topic | multi-functionality transformation transition Food2030 urban sustainable development community of practice and knowledge |
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