The future of urban agriculture from a social and metabolic perspective
The research group URBAG conducted a workshop session in the second Edible City Network Conference held in Barcelona.
The session was focused in presenting a comprehensive vision of the current urban agriculture challenges and opportunities, by considering both social and environmental perspectives, while employing the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona as case study. The workshop featured five short presentations:
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Start-up business for the implementation of urban agriculture (Verónica Arcas/Tectum Garden & ICTA-UAB)
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Social perspective of urban agriculture: drivers and obstacles (Johannes Langemeyer/ICTA-UAB)
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Metabolic perspective of urban agriculture (Gara Villalba/ICTA-UAB)
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Potential of nutrient recovery from the organic municipal solid waste (Juan David Arosemena/ICTA-UAB)
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Urban agriculture in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona: potential changes in vulnerabilities (David A. Camacho/ICTA-UAB)
And finished with a participatory exercise focused on discussing the participant’s perception on relevant criteria when assessing the impacts of urban agriculture in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona.
Here you can find the presentations from the workshop.