In the context of some of the current challenges we are facing - population growth, climate change and energy, why does food production feature so little in public space?
The existing planning paradigms are rather urban-oriented. Food is not really concerned as agriculture and food production is rather pushed outside, which clearly draws a borderline between city and agriculture. Food should be much more considered in contemporary planning and not just as arable land in land use plans but as a phenomenon. Future sustainable and resilient models require to change our thinking and the routine planning models. Food should become an integral component of future sustainable cities in order to ensure a better food resiliency and food security. We have dealt with a similar research question in Christchurch (see the attached research report) where we were questioning the usual land use planning paradigm in the context of post-earthquake urban environments, which are furthermore impacted by extensive urban sprawling in the form of life style blocks.
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