Journal
SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su13020481
Keywords
food; food systems; urban agriculture; green cities; health; food citizen; agriculture; city– regional food systems
Funding
- Kenniscentrum voor Natuur en Leefomgeving
- SME's and Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences
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The case study in the Dutch region of Arnhem-Nijmegen reveals the positive impact of developing sustainable food systems on creating green, livable cities. The research shows that improving the quality and significance of existing green areas, expanding public green systems, and enhancing connections with green surroundings can promote residents to become "food citizens" and contribute to the development of livable cities.
More and more people worldwide live in urban areas, and these areas face many problems, of which a sustainable food provision is one. In this paper we aim to show that a transition towards more sustainable, regionally organized food systems strongly contributes to green, livable cities. The article describes a case study in the Dutch region of Arnhem-Nijmegen. Partners of a network on sustainable food in this region were interviewed on how they expect the food system to develop, and in design studies possible futures are explored. Both the interviews and the designs give support to the idea that indeed sustainable food systems can be developed to contribute to green livable cities. They show that the quality and meaning of existing green areas can be raised; new areas can be added to a public green system, and connections with green surroundings are enforced. They also show that inhabitants or consumers can be stimulated to become so called food citizens, highlighting that the relation of food systems and livable cities is a very close one.
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