Tracing Lisbon Metropolitan Area’s Foodscape

In recent years, Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA) witnessed the occurrence of various initiatives, highlighting an increasing interest and entrepreneurship in transforming the food system, at both municipal and civil society levels. As sustainability demands become increasingly global, it becomes pivo...

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Main Authors: Carolina Neto Henriques, Teresa Costa Pinto, Pedro Costa, Teresa Marat-Mendes
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Language:English
Published: DINÂMIA’CET – IUL, Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial Studies 2021-06-01
Series:Cidades, Comunidades e Território
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cidades/4065
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description In recent years, Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA) witnessed the occurrence of various initiatives, highlighting an increasing interest and entrepreneurship in transforming the food system, at both municipal and civil society levels. As sustainability demands become increasingly global, it becomes pivotal for planning policy to understand the mechanisms through which urban actors are pioneering these new ambitions. This paper describes how global goals are being materialized by local actors and practices, insofar as their scope aims to transform this region’s food system. Our work is based on a three-fold objective: to characterize such initiatives; study how they’re suggesting new food planning agendas in the LMA; and systematize what possible future planning policy can learn from such insights. After an introduction to the territory’s planning context and research rationale, a methodological account is provided before completing with a comparing scenario, taken from a 2014 questionnaire among planning officials, with the discourses of 80 initiatives of the public and civil society sectors enquired in 2019. Finally, while using an analytical framework grounded on the recommendations of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Resources Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF), we flesh out some lessons for future planning policy aiming for long-term sustainability grounded on inter-municipal cooperation and mutual, continuous learning.
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spelling doaj-art-2a112fbeec174e27ab1a1d814e72469e2025-08-20T01:54:41ZengDINÂMIA’CET – IUL, Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial StudiesCidades, Comunidades e Território2182-30302021-06-0142Tracing Lisbon Metropolitan Area’s FoodscapeCarolina Neto HenriquesTeresa Costa PintoPedro CostaTeresa Marat-MendesIn recent years, Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA) witnessed the occurrence of various initiatives, highlighting an increasing interest and entrepreneurship in transforming the food system, at both municipal and civil society levels. As sustainability demands become increasingly global, it becomes pivotal for planning policy to understand the mechanisms through which urban actors are pioneering these new ambitions. This paper describes how global goals are being materialized by local actors and practices, insofar as their scope aims to transform this region’s food system. Our work is based on a three-fold objective: to characterize such initiatives; study how they’re suggesting new food planning agendas in the LMA; and systematize what possible future planning policy can learn from such insights. After an introduction to the territory’s planning context and research rationale, a methodological account is provided before completing with a comparing scenario, taken from a 2014 questionnaire among planning officials, with the discourses of 80 initiatives of the public and civil society sectors enquired in 2019. Finally, while using an analytical framework grounded on the recommendations of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Resources Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF), we flesh out some lessons for future planning policy aiming for long-term sustainability grounded on inter-municipal cooperation and mutual, continuous learning.https://journals.openedition.org/cidades/4065food system transformationLisbon Metropolitan Areainter-municipal cooperationfood planning policylocal initiatives
spellingShingle Carolina Neto Henriques
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Tracing Lisbon Metropolitan Area’s Foodscape
Cidades, Comunidades e Território
food system transformation
Lisbon Metropolitan Area
inter-municipal cooperation
food planning policy
local initiatives
title Tracing Lisbon Metropolitan Area’s Foodscape
title_full Tracing Lisbon Metropolitan Area’s Foodscape
title_fullStr Tracing Lisbon Metropolitan Area’s Foodscape
title_full_unstemmed Tracing Lisbon Metropolitan Area’s Foodscape
title_short Tracing Lisbon Metropolitan Area’s Foodscape
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topic food system transformation
Lisbon Metropolitan Area
inter-municipal cooperation
food planning policy
local initiatives
url https://journals.openedition.org/cidades/4065
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