Urban Agriculture and its Sustainability Implications on the Food-Water-Energy Nexus
Urban agriculture has the potential to contribute to urban sustainability through its interactions with food, water, and energy (FEW) resource flows, and thus needs to be evaluated and analyzed through an integrative rather than a siloed approach. This publication provides an overview of the concep...
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Urban agriculture has the potential to contribute to urban sustainability through its interactions with food, water, and energy (FEW) resource flows, and thus needs to be evaluated and analyzed through an integrative rather than a siloed approach. This publication provides an overview of the concept of FEW nexuses in the urban context and describes the role of urban agriculture and its sustainability implications for FEW nexuses and resources. Specific local case studies provide examples. This publication provides a holistic, interdisciplinary lens to understand the crucial role and sustainability implications of urban agriculture, currently gaining momentum in the global research and policy agenda. The fact sheet should be useful to urban and regional planners and policy-makers engaged in the development of urban agriculture, as well as to Extension agents seeking to communicate the sustainability implications of urban agriculture.
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| spelling | doaj-art-c1bae1159ccf4e8086da64f984876df02025-02-08T05:41:28ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092023-03-0120232Urban Agriculture and its Sustainability Implications on the Food-Water-Energy NexusJiangxiao Qiu0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3741-5213Hui Zhao1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1414-3443Lorna Bravo2Jessica Ryals3University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUF/IFAS Extension Broward CountyUniversity of Florida Urban agriculture has the potential to contribute to urban sustainability through its interactions with food, water, and energy (FEW) resource flows, and thus needs to be evaluated and analyzed through an integrative rather than a siloed approach. This publication provides an overview of the concept of FEW nexuses in the urban context and describes the role of urban agriculture and its sustainability implications for FEW nexuses and resources. Specific local case studies provide examples. This publication provides a holistic, interdisciplinary lens to understand the crucial role and sustainability implications of urban agriculture, currently gaining momentum in the global research and policy agenda. The fact sheet should be useful to urban and regional planners and policy-makers engaged in the development of urban agriculture, as well as to Extension agents seeking to communicate the sustainability implications of urban agriculture. https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/130326Urban food productionfood systemresource sustainabilityecosystem servicesustainable development |
| spellingShingle | Jiangxiao Qiu Hui Zhao Lorna Bravo Jessica Ryals Urban Agriculture and its Sustainability Implications on the Food-Water-Energy Nexus EDIS Urban food production food system resource sustainability ecosystem service sustainable development |
| title | Urban Agriculture and its Sustainability Implications on the Food-Water-Energy Nexus |
| title_full | Urban Agriculture and its Sustainability Implications on the Food-Water-Energy Nexus |
| title_fullStr | Urban Agriculture and its Sustainability Implications on the Food-Water-Energy Nexus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Urban Agriculture and its Sustainability Implications on the Food-Water-Energy Nexus |
| title_short | Urban Agriculture and its Sustainability Implications on the Food-Water-Energy Nexus |
| title_sort | urban agriculture and its sustainability implications on the food water energy nexus |
| topic | Urban food production food system resource sustainability ecosystem service sustainable development |
| url | https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/130326 |
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