Edible green infrastructure for urban regeneration and food security: case studies from the Campania region

A Russo, GT Cirella - Agriculture, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ten identified edible green infrastructure (EGI)-related urban regeneration case studies
within the Campania region, Italy, are explored in relation to local community development …

Edible green infrastructure: An approach and review of provisioning ecosystem services and disservices in urban environments

A Russo, FJ Escobedo, GT Cirella, S Zerbe - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Recently published green infrastructure, nature-based solutions, and ecosystem disservices
(ED) literature have focused primarily on the supply of urban regulating and cultural …

[HTML][HTML] Successful scaling of Edible City Solutions to promote food citizenship and sustainability in food system transitions

SN Plassnig, M Pettit… - … in Sustainable Cities, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Sustainable, productive and biodiversity-friendly urban landscapes are a strategic step in
transitioning to future-proof, liveable and healthy cities for all citizens. Known as Edible City …

Edible urbanism 5.0

A Russo, GT Cirella - Palgrave communications, 2019 - nature.com
Urban and peri-urban agriculture can have negative effects (ie, ecosystem disservices) to
the city ecosystem. In the last two decades, urbanists and landscape planners have …

Sustainable strategies for urban and landscape regeneration related to Agri-cultural heritage in the urban-periphery of South Milan

JN Tzortzi, L Guaita, A Kouzoupi - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Urban Sprawl, and the fragmentation of the territory associated with it, are factors degrading
the peri-urban areas in many European cities. The aim of this research is to investigate the …

Sustainable local development and agri-food system in the post Covid crisis: The case of Rome

A Cavallo, FM Olivieri - Cities, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the research pathway related to the drafting of a strategic Agri-Food
Plan of Rome. The paper highlights the theoretical background and investigates the …

Exploring the production capacity of rooftop gardens (RTGs) in urban agriculture: the potential impact on food and nutrition security, biodiversity and other ecosystem …

F Orsini, D Gasperi, L Marchetti, C Piovene, S Draghetti… - Food Security, 2014 - Springer
The present work, focusing on the theme of food production and consumption in urban
areas, analyses the relationships among three factors: city, human well-being and …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond food: Framing ecosystem services value in peri-urban farming in the post-Covid era with a multidimensional perspective. The case of Cascina …

S Corsi, M Dell'Ovo, C Dezio, A Longo, A Oppio - Cities, 2023 - Elsevier
The idea that it is possible to overcome the post-covid crisis starting from urban projects is
becoming increasingly popular (Balducci, 2020). This moment becomes a precious …

Urban and peri-urban agriculture as a tool for food security and climate change mitigation and adaptation: The case of mestre

G Lucertini, G Di Giustino - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Urban and peri-urban areas are subject to major societal challenges, like food security,
climate change, biodiversity, resource efficiency, land management, social cohesion, and …

Modelling food policies in Italian urban agendas in the time of Covid-19: Experiences, challenges and opportunities

D Fattibene, G Mazzocchi, M Antonelli, D Marino… - Cities, 2023 - Elsevier
Global food systems are broken and in need of profound change. These imbalances and
vulnerabilities are particularly strong in cities, where most of the global population lives and …