Salvador Metropolitan Food Systems

European Trajectories in Planning, Governance and Landscape Management
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-3-032-26016-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 183 Seiten

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

Focusing on Milan, Barcelona, and the Ruhr area, this book reveals how three leading European city-regions are reshaping the relationship between planning, agriculture, and sustainability. Bringing together fieldwork, interviews, and comparative analysis, it highlights the often-overlooked power of peri-urban agriculture and the complex dynamics that underpin truly local food systems. Farmland preservation emerges as only one piece of a much larger puzzle—one that spans governance, policy design, farm business models, land tenure, biodiversity, and resource management.

Through vivid case studies, the book uncovers the tools, strategies, and actors driving innovation on the ground, as well as the structural obstacles that still stand in the way. The result is a compelling call for a more integrated, multi-scalar approach to planning—one capable of supporting resilient local food systems and sustainable peri-urban landscapes.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Salvador, Antonio José

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Defining local food systems.- 2 Planning and design mechanisms for the protection of farmland and open spaces.- 3 A differentiated agricultural production.- 4 Resource management and protection for food production.- 5 Emerging farm business models for sustainable practices.- 6 Land ownership, new actors, and management strategies.- 7 Food networks as catalysts for new urban-rural relationships.- 8 Agency as a key element in food policies and governance efforts; 9: Towards integrated planning and governance.

Über Autor(innen)

Antonio José Salvador is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies (DAStU) at Politecnico di Milano.