Resolving differing stakeholder perceptions of urban rooftop farming in Mediterranean cities

Urban agriculture (UA) is spreading within the Global North, largely for food production, ranging from household individual gardens to community gardens that boost neighborhood regeneration. Additionally, UA is also being integrated into buildings, such as Urban Rooftop Farming (URF). Some URF exper...

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Autores: Sanyé Mengual, Esther|||0000-0002-2349-9807, Anguelovski, Isabelle|||0000-0002-6409-5155, Oliver-Solà, Jordi|||0000-0001-8034-8610, Montero Camacho, Juan Ignacio|||0000-0003-2548-4665, Rieradevall, Joan|||0000-0003-3360-6829
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/s10460-015-9594-y
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Rooftop farming
Rooftop greenhouses
Urban self-sufficiency
Local production
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Resolving differing stakeholder perceptions of urban rooftop farming in Mediterranean cities
promoting food production as a driver for innovative forms of urban agriculture
title Resolving differing stakeholder perceptions of urban rooftop farming in Mediterranean cities
spellingShingle Resolving differing stakeholder perceptions of urban rooftop farming in Mediterranean cities
Sanyé Mengual, Esther|||0000-0002-2349-9807
Rooftop farming
Rooftop greenhouses
Urban self-sufficiency
Local production
title_short Resolving differing stakeholder perceptions of urban rooftop farming in Mediterranean cities
title_full Resolving differing stakeholder perceptions of urban rooftop farming in Mediterranean cities
title_fullStr Resolving differing stakeholder perceptions of urban rooftop farming in Mediterranean cities
title_full_unstemmed Resolving differing stakeholder perceptions of urban rooftop farming in Mediterranean cities
title_sort Resolving differing stakeholder perceptions of urban rooftop farming in Mediterranean cities
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sanyé Mengual, Esther|||0000-0002-2349-9807
Anguelovski, Isabelle|||0000-0002-6409-5155
Oliver-Solà, Jordi|||0000-0001-8034-8610
Montero Camacho, Juan Ignacio|||0000-0003-2548-4665
Rieradevall, Joan|||0000-0003-3360-6829
author Sanyé Mengual, Esther|||0000-0002-2349-9807
author_facet Sanyé Mengual, Esther|||0000-0002-2349-9807
Anguelovski, Isabelle|||0000-0002-6409-5155
Oliver-Solà, Jordi|||0000-0001-8034-8610
Montero Camacho, Juan Ignacio|||0000-0003-2548-4665
Rieradevall, Joan|||0000-0003-3360-6829
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author2 Anguelovski, Isabelle|||0000-0002-6409-5155
Oliver-Solà, Jordi|||0000-0001-8034-8610
Montero Camacho, Juan Ignacio|||0000-0003-2548-4665
Rieradevall, Joan|||0000-0003-3360-6829
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Rooftop farming
Rooftop greenhouses
Urban self-sufficiency
Local production
topic Rooftop farming
Rooftop greenhouses
Urban self-sufficiency
Local production
description Urban agriculture (UA) is spreading within the Global North, largely for food production, ranging from household individual gardens to community gardens that boost neighborhood regeneration. Additionally, UA is also being integrated into buildings, such as Urban Rooftop Farming (URF). Some URF experiences succeed in North America both as private and community initiatives. To date, little attention has been paid to how stakeholders perceive UA and URF in the Mediterranean or to the role of food production in these initiatives. This study examines the promotion and inclusion of new forms of UA through the practice of URF and contributes to the nascent literature on the stakeholder and public perceptions of UA. It seeks to understand how those perceptions shape the development of new urban agriculture practices and projects. Barcelona (Spain) was used as a Mediterranean case study where UA and URF projects are growing in popularity. Through semi-structured interviews with 25 core stakeholders, we show that UA is largely perceived as a social activity rather than a food production initiative, because the planning of urban gardens in Barcelona was traditionally done to achieve leisure and other social goals. However, several stakeholders highlighted the potential to increase urban fertility through URF by occupying currently unused spaces. As a result, the positive valuation of URF depends on the conceptualization of UA as a social or food production activity. In turn, such conceptualization shapes barriers and opportunities for the development of URF. While most UA-related stakeholders (e.g., food co-ops, NGOs) preferred soil-based UA, newer stakeholders (e.g., architects) highlighted the economic, social and environmental opportunities of local and efficient food production through innovative URF.
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