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The Place of Urban Food Forests in Cities of the 21st Century

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  • Paloma Cariñanos

    (Department of Botany, University of Granada, Spain)

  • Simone Borelli

    (Forestry Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Italy)

  • Michela Conigliaro

    (Forestry Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Italy)

  • Alessio Fini

    (Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Milan, Italy)

Abstract

The history of urban food forests (UFFs) dates back to ancient times, when civilizations incorporated edible species into wild forests to create an ecosystem as natural as and self-sufficient as possible. Since the second half of the 20th century, the practices of integrating edible plants into ornamental landscapes have spread throughout the world. Currently, UFFs must face a number of challenges similar to those encountered by urban forests: land tenure, governance, technical capacities, and pollution and global change issues, and must be addressed in order to identify the most suitable combination of productive, environmental, and socio-economic functions of UFF. The events on a global scale that occurred in the first decades of the 21st century are forcing those who live and work in urban environments to react quickly to address the upcoming challenges.

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  • Paloma Cariñanos & Simone Borelli & Michela Conigliaro & Alessio Fini, 2022. "The Place of Urban Food Forests in Cities of the 21st Century," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 7(2), pages 135-138.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:urbpla:v:7:y:2022:i:2:p:135-138
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