A Study on the Strategic Meaning of Urban Agriculture in European Middle-sized Cities

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26420600
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Town planning/Architectural planning
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo (2015-2016); Chiba University (2014)
• Principal Investigator: OKABE AKIKO 東京大学, 大学院新領域創成科学研究科, 教授 (70361615)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): YAHAGI HIROSHI 龍谷大学, 政策学部, 教授 (40364020) ; ABE DAISUKE 龍谷大学, 政策学部, 准教授 (50447596) ; SAKURA KOSUKE 信州大学, 学術研究院工学系, 助教 (90757220)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 都市農業 / ボトムアップ / 地域資源

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to clarify the strategy of identifying the suitable vacant lots and what we should focus on in selecting.
Several field surveys were carried out in Spain’s middle-sized cities, Valencia, Sevilla, and Zaragoza. Though each city has specific points, we could find some common tendencies in the location of urban agricultural lands (outer edge of urban area, historical area, etc.),the urban context (former agricultural land, former historic building, etc.) and the actor (city authorities, citizens, etc.).
The results obtained by this study will be able to be applicable to our country.

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