In the major U.S. and European cities (e.g., Detroit, Seattle, San Francisco, London, Paris, etc.) that since 2007 have been feeling the effects of the international economic crisis, regeneration processes have been set up thanks, among other things, to the synergic impact generated by urban agriculture (UA). There are numerous and greatly varied effects, linked to localization, that are consis...

Urban agriculture (UA) is practiced inside (intraurban) or on the outskirts (periurban) of a town or a city. While it focuses on raising food and animal crops, it includes recycling household waste and wastewater for agricultural purposes, the processing and distribution of different food and non-food products using human and material resources, products, and services that are found in the same...

The investigations which we will be discussing here form part of a programme whose objective is the design of computer systems in terms of support systems for users. This programme was initiated by an investigation aimed at designing a system for a data collection and coding station (Pinsky 1979). Since then, it has been applied to various work situations, in offices, services, the management o...

This paper discusses the influences on food and farming of an increasingly urbanized world and a declining ratio of food producers to food consumers. Urbanization has been underpinned by the rapid growth in the world economy and in the proportion of gross world product and of workers in industrial and service enterprises. Globally, agriculture has met the demands from this rapidly growing urban...

Proponents of urban agriculture have identified its potential to improve health and the environment but in New York City and other densely developed and populated urban areas, it faces huge challenges because of the shortage of space, cost of land, and the lack of contemporary local food production. However, large portions of the city and metropolitan region do have open land and a history of a...

Interest in urban agriculture has grown as residents seek to revitalize cities and improve access to fresh produce. Investigators are figuring out how to maximize the benefits of gardening while minimizing the risks of contaminated urban soils.

Changes in landscape composition and productivity between 1991 and 1999 were examined over Southeastern Michigan. The pixel-wise changes were first summarized by 2000 Census block groups, which were grouped by settlement density. According to the areaweighted average, built-up area increased by 8.85%, forest increased by 13.73%, and agriculture decreased by 22.38%. During the same time period, ...

This special feature calls for forward thinking around paths of convergence for agriculture, health, and wealth. Such convergence aims for a richer integration of smallholder farmers into national and global agricultural and food systems, health systems, value chains, and markets. The articles identify analytical innovation, where disciplines intersect, and cross-sectoral action where single, l...