<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In the article, which is a theoretical and conceptual introduction for the Special Issue of Moravian Geographical Reports on ‘New trends and challenges of urban agriculture in the context of Europe’, the authors resume and review diverging issues of urban agriculture, exploring and discussing them from a geographical perspective and in a wider context of the transformation of urban and rural spaces, urban regeneration and renewal, agricultural restructuring, multifunctionality, ecosystem services, land-use conflicts and social responsibility. After the introduction that depicts a changing role of agriculture in the context of urban and rural transformations, the current research on urban agriculture in Europe is summarised and reviewed. Then the main trends and concepts of growing and expanding urban agriculture are presented and discussed with a special emphasis on the challenges these pose to geographers.</p></abstract>

In the article, which is a theoretical and conceptual introduction for the Special Issue of Moravian Geographical Reports on ‘New trends and challenges of urban agriculture in the context of Europe’, the authors resume and review diverging issues of urban agriculture, exploring and discussing them from a geographical perspective and in a wider context of the transformation of urban and rural spaces, urban regeneration and renewal, agricultural restructuring, multifunctionality, ecosystem services, land-use conflicts and social responsibility. After the introduction that depicts a changing role of agriculture in the context of urban and rural transformations, the current research on urban agriculture in Europe is summarised and reviewed. Then the main trends and concepts of growing and expanding urban agriculture are presented and discussed with a special emphasis on the challenges these pose to geographers.

The geography of urban agriculture: New trends and challenges

Department of Environmental Geography, Institute of Geonics

Department of Urbanism and Regional Planning

Moravian Geographical Reports

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In the article, which is a theoretical and conceptual introduction for the Special Issue of Moravian Geographical Reports on ‘New trends and challenges of...

The geography of urban agriculture: New trends and challenges

Published Online: Oct 27, 2017

Page range: 130 - 138

Received: Feb 02, 2017

Accepted: Aug 03, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgr-2017-0012

Keywords
urban agriculture, peri-urban agriculture, food production, urban farming, food gardening, Europe

© 2017 Barbora Duží et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The geography of urban agriculture: New trends and challenges

Published Online: Oct 27, 2017

Page range: 130 - 138

Received: Feb 02, 2017

Accepted: Aug 03, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgr-2017-0012

Keywordsurban agriculture, peri-urban agriculture, food production, urban farming, food gardening, Europe

© 2017 Barbora Duží et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
urban agriculture, peri-urban agriculture, food production, urban farming, food gardening, Europe