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Agroecology for the Shrinking City.

Dustin L Herrmann¹, Wen-Ching Chuang², Kirsten Schwarz³

¹ORISE Postdoctoral Fellow at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA.

Sustainability

|June 17, 2020

Summary

Agroecology offers a framework for shrinking cities to manage vacant land, transforming it into green infrastructure for ecosystem services. This approach empowers communities to build resilience and foster sustainable urban transformations.

Keywords:

ecology for the city ecosystem services urban agriculture urban amenities urban sustainability vacant lot

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Area of Science:

Urban Sustainability
Agroecology
Green Infrastructure

Background:

Cities face population and economic decline, leading to vacant land, especially in vulnerable areas.
Vacant urban land presents challenges but also opportunities for green infrastructure development.
Existing urban sustainability frameworks must adapt to the unique context of shrinking cities.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore how an agroecological approach can operationalize the 'ecology for the shrinking city' framework.
To investigate the potential of agroecology in managing vacant land for ecosystem services.
To examine how agroecology can support social-ecological innovations and resilience in shrinking cities.

Main Methods:

Conceptual framework development integrating agroecology with urban sustainability principles.
Analysis of vacant land as a resource for green infrastructure and ecosystem services.
Focus on participatory approaches to vacant land management and community-led environmental shaping.

Main Results:

Agroecology can secure provisioning services through participatory vacant land management.
It enhances regulating and supporting ecosystem services in shrinking cities.
Agroecological principles foster social-ecological innovations and community agency for resilience.

Conclusions:

Agroecology provides a viable strategy for transforming vacant land in shrinking cities.
It enables communities to actively shape their environment, enhancing urban resilience.
This approach must be integrated into broader strategies addressing systemic urban challenges.