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Urban agriculture - URBES Facthseet #7

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Thomas Elmqvist
Theme leader, Urban social-ecological systems and globalization
Stockholm Resilience Centre

thomas.elmqvist@su.se

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Resource description:

This factsheet will explain the importance of urban agriculture: the ecosystem services that urban agriculture provides for human wellbeing, food security and urban resilience; and the need for integrated planning across sectors to ensure that the ecosystem services that urban agriculture provides can proliferate

Requirements:

  • None

Advantages:

  • Highlights the benefits that urban agriculture provides for human wellbeing, food security and urban resilience
  • Raises awareness of the need for integrated planning across sectors

Licence:

  • Free, no licence

Development stage:

  • Full, working product