Cities and Agriculture

著者名：Pulliat, Gwenn (EDT)

Wiley-ISTE（2026/04/03発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9781789452365
• eISBN：9781394452101

Description

Urban and peri-urban agriculture currently attracts considerable attention from citizens, policymakers and researchers. Perceived positively for its contributions to urban sustainability and food systems, it nonetheless faces significant challenges, including urban pressure on agricultural land, the economic viability of farms, and environmental pollution, among other concerns.

Cities and Agriculture examines intra- and peri-urban agricultural spaces and the stakeholders driving them, analyzing the socio-spatial dynamics currently at play. Drawing on a variety of case studies from contrasting geographic contexts, it demonstrates how issues manifest locally yet recur globally, transcending the North-South divide. This book thus offers insights into the making of urban regions through the lens of their agricultural spaces.

Table of Contents

Introduction. The Role of Agriculture in the Making of the City xi
Gwenn PULLIAT

Part 1. Spaces 1

Chapter 1. The Urban Vegetable Garden: A Socioecological Component of the City 3
Thi-Thanh-Hien PHAM and Paul Émile TCHINDA

1.1. Introduction 3
1.2. Definitions of the vegetable garden 6
1.3. Historical significance of vegetable gardens 8
1.4. What vegetable gardens tell us about how cities are made 9
1.5. Conclusion 23
1.6. References 23

Chapter 2. Unequal Access to Agricultural Land within Cities 31
Angèle PROUST

2.1. Introduction 31
2.2. Urban agriculture as a testament to social, spatial and historical injustices in São Paulo 34
2.3. Eco-gentrification: limits and challenges of shared gardens 40
2.4. Nature in the city and agriculture: an ambiguous relationship 49
2.5. Conclusion 52
2.6. References 53

Chapter 3. The Reconfiguration of a Peri-urban Market Gardening Plain 59
Isabelle DUVERNOY

3.1. Introduction: market gardening, from decline to urban demand 59
3.2. Agriculture in urban policies 61
3.3. Agricultural areas and activities in and around Toulouse 62
3.4. Public control and projects in an urban market gardening area 67
3.5. Conclusion 77
3.6. References 78

Part 2. Stakeholders 83

Chapter 4. Urban Agriculture and Food Assistance 85
Camille HOCHEDEZ

4.1. Introduction 85
4.2. Food assistance: an emergency measure that worsens the disconnect between vulnerable urban populations and agricultural resources 88
4.3. Initiatives to reconnect vulnerable populations with local agricultural resources: toward a relocalization of food assistance 97
4.4. Dynamics and experiences of relocalizing food assistance in a medium-sized French city: the example of Poitiers 106
4.5. Conclusion 117
4.6. References 119

Chapter 5. Commercial Urban Agriculture in Global City Centers 123
Ségolène DARLY and Kristin REYNOLDS

5.1. Commercial agriculture diversifying within cities 123
5.2. Access to land: a policy framework with variable constraints 131
5.3. Trend toward increased polarization in urban agriculture 131
5.4. Conclusion 133
5.5. References 133

Chapter 6. Peri-urban Farmers Navigating Multiple Expectations 139
Héloïse LELOUP

6.1. Introduction 139
6.2. Agriculture as seen by urban dwellers: the emergence of new expectations and new functions for the activity 142
6.3. Urban farmers: between adapting to the city and the persistence of existing models 151
6.4. Adapting to the city's demands: unprecedented ambiguities 159
6.5. Conclusion 166
6.6. References 167

Part 3. Environment 177

Chapter 7. The Environmental Services of Urban Agriculture 179
Gwenn PULLIAT

7.1. A wide range of environmental services provided by agricultural areas at multiple scales 180
7.2. A special place within the urban setting 186
7.3. How can we assess the environmental functions of urban and peri-urban agricultural lands? 190
7.4. Conclusion 192
7.5. References 193

Chapter 8. Agriculture in Environmental Risk Management 197
Gwenn PULLIAT

8.1. Agricultural areas in flood risk management 198
8.2. Agricultural areas and urban development: what role should agricultural areas play in urban planning? 204
8.3. Conclusion 211
8.4. References 211

Chapter 9. Gardening in the Post-industrial City. 215
Louise CLOCHEY

9.1. Introduction 215
9.2. The socio-environmental challenges of urban gardening 217
9.3. Daily practices and micro-politics in two community gardens in Dunkirk: a case study in political ecology 229
9.4. Conclusion 242
9.5. References 244

Conclusion 253
Gwenn PULLIAT

List of Authors 255
Index 257