[HTML][HTML] Cultivating sustainable and healthy cities: A systematic literature review of the outcomes of urban and peri-urban agriculture

N Rao, S Patil, C Singh, P Roy, C Pryor… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite considerable interest in urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) in recent decades,
its contributions to urban sustainability and human wellbeing remain contested. This …

Promoting urban agriculture and its opportunities and challenges—a global review

CG Wadumestrige Dona, G Mohan, K Fukushi - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Multifunctionality of urban agriculture can support the resolve of many urban challenges.
Therefore, it is vital to understand the contribution of academic studies on urban agriculture …

A scoping review of citizen science approaches in chronic disease prevention

L Marks, Y Laird, H Trevena, BJ Smith… - Frontiers in Public …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Citizen science approaches, which involve members of the public as active
collaborators in scientific research, are increasingly being recognized for their potential …

Home food procurement impacts food security and diet quality during COVID-19

MT Niles, KB Wirkkala, EH Belarmino, F Bertmann - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
Background Home food procurement (HFP)(ie gardening, fishing, foraging, hunting,
backyard livestock and canning) have historically been important ways that people obtain …

Food production and resource use of urban farms and gardens: a five-country study

E Dorr, JK Hawes, B Goldstein… - Agronomy for …, 2023 - Springer
There is a lack of data on resources used and food produced at urban farms. This hampers
attempts to quantify the environmental impacts of urban agriculture or craft policies for …

Food security and sustainability: discussing the four pillars to encompass other dimensions

RPF Guiné, MLJ Pato, CA Costa, DVTA Costa… - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
The unadjusted intake of food constitutes a real challenge for the several sustainability
dimensions. In this perspective, the main objectives of this research are to characterise the …

Self-sufficiency through urban agriculture: Nice idea or plausible reality?

IV Hume, DM Summers, TR Cavagnaro - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
With more than half of the world's population residing in cities, there has been intense
interest in urban agriculture's contribution to sustainability and self-sufficiency. This paper …

Lawn with a side salad: Rainwater harvesting for self-sufficiency through urban agriculture

IV Hume, DM Summers, TR Cavagnaro - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
In a rapidly urbanising world, urban agriculture has garnered much attention for increasing
resilience to a range of interrelated stressors, including climate change, food insecurity …

Grand challenges in urban agriculture: ecological and social approaches to transformative sustainability

KS Zimmerer, MG Bell, I Chirisa, CS Duvall… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This synopsis of the Grand Challenges of Urban Agriculture (UA) is framed by the urgent
need to understand and strengthen the expanding yet highly diverse roles of UA amid rapid …

Identifying themes and patterns on management of horticultural innovations with an automated text analysis

D Spina, G Vindigni, B Pecorino, G Pappalardo… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
This research provides an overview on horticulture innovations in the last decade through a
literature review and the use of a computer qualitative data analysis. We used Leximancer …