Reconnecting People with Nature through Agriculture
Reconnecting People with Nature through Agriculture
- Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
- 1 online resource (242 p.)
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An increasing number of people live in cities. In recent decades, this, combined with rural abandonment and landscape polarisation, has resulted in high land ownership concentrations and agricultural intensification. This, in turn, has resulted in a significant decrease in the resilience of agriculture and overall food systems and threatens the maintenance of traditional indigenous and peasant farming. Therefore, there is an urgent need to reconnect society with the sustainable use of agroecosystems by fostering resilient social-ecological systems, emphasising the links between the functioning of natural systems and human well-being, and stressing the benefits that people derive from them. This Special Issue aims to highlight impactful research and commentaries that focus on attempts to connect people with nature for the promotion of sustainable agricultural transitions. This Issue embraces inter- and trans-disciplinary studies from multiple disciplines (e.g., agricultural sciences, environmental sciences, geography, economy, and sociology), as well as those incorporating other knowledge systems (e.g., local and indigenous) in the co-construction of knowledge for sustainable agriculture, including studies in rural areas (e.g., GIAHS or HNV farmland) and initiatives that address urban-rural relationships or those developed within metropolitan areas (e.g., community-supported agriculture, food hubs, domestic gardens, multifunctional agriculture, and farmers´ or consumers´ cooperatives) and studies assessing the societal and ecological impacts of those initiatives.
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English
9783036538556 9783036538563 books978-3-0365-3856-3
10.3390/books978-3-0365-3856-3 doi
Research & information: general
adoptions agricultural diversification agricultural innovations agricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKIS) agricultural landscapes agriculture agroecology alternative agri-food networks (AAFNs) alternative food networks biodiversity biological control city-region climate change collective action community supported agriculture community-supported agriculture (CSA) conservation conservative agriculture practices consumers/citizens cooperatives cross-national case study cultural landscapes demand depopulation double-hurdle model drivers of change ecological agriculture ecosystem services food planning food policy food self-sufficiency food systems governance foodshed archipelago greenhouses human nature connectedness human-nature connectedness human-nature connectedness (HNC) human-nature reconnection inclusive multilateralism innovative business models integrated pest management interpretative structural modeling knowledge co-production land use landscape planning landscape stewardship local identity mediterranean horticulture mixed methods multi-level perspective multi-level perspective (MLP) n/a nature participatory governance participatory mapping PGIS pond naturalisation proximity food supply chains public policy regional food security regional food system relational proximity rights-based approach rural abandonment rural-urban interaction socio-ecological systems socioecological systems soil health Spain spatial proximity spatial signature stakeholder inclusion sustainability transitions sustainable agricultural transition sustainable agriculture sustainable consumption threatened plant urban growth water conservation world heritage site youth
Open Access
An increasing number of people live in cities. In recent decades, this, combined with rural abandonment and landscape polarisation, has resulted in high land ownership concentrations and agricultural intensification. This, in turn, has resulted in a significant decrease in the resilience of agriculture and overall food systems and threatens the maintenance of traditional indigenous and peasant farming. Therefore, there is an urgent need to reconnect society with the sustainable use of agroecosystems by fostering resilient social-ecological systems, emphasising the links between the functioning of natural systems and human well-being, and stressing the benefits that people derive from them. This Special Issue aims to highlight impactful research and commentaries that focus on attempts to connect people with nature for the promotion of sustainable agricultural transitions. This Issue embraces inter- and trans-disciplinary studies from multiple disciplines (e.g., agricultural sciences, environmental sciences, geography, economy, and sociology), as well as those incorporating other knowledge systems (e.g., local and indigenous) in the co-construction of knowledge for sustainable agriculture, including studies in rural areas (e.g., GIAHS or HNV farmland) and initiatives that address urban-rural relationships or those developed within metropolitan areas (e.g., community-supported agriculture, food hubs, domestic gardens, multifunctional agriculture, and farmers´ or consumers´ cooperatives) and studies assessing the societal and ecological impacts of those initiatives.
Creative Commons
English
9783036538556 9783036538563 books978-3-0365-3856-3
10.3390/books978-3-0365-3856-3 doi
Research & information: general
adoptions agricultural diversification agricultural innovations agricultural knowledge and innovation systems (AKIS) agricultural landscapes agriculture agroecology alternative agri-food networks (AAFNs) alternative food networks biodiversity biological control city-region climate change collective action community supported agriculture community-supported agriculture (CSA) conservation conservative agriculture practices consumers/citizens cooperatives cross-national case study cultural landscapes demand depopulation double-hurdle model drivers of change ecological agriculture ecosystem services food planning food policy food self-sufficiency food systems governance foodshed archipelago greenhouses human nature connectedness human-nature connectedness human-nature connectedness (HNC) human-nature reconnection inclusive multilateralism innovative business models integrated pest management interpretative structural modeling knowledge co-production land use landscape planning landscape stewardship local identity mediterranean horticulture mixed methods multi-level perspective multi-level perspective (MLP) n/a nature participatory governance participatory mapping PGIS pond naturalisation proximity food supply chains public policy regional food security regional food system relational proximity rights-based approach rural abandonment rural-urban interaction socio-ecological systems socioecological systems soil health Spain spatial proximity spatial signature stakeholder inclusion sustainability transitions sustainable agricultural transition sustainable agriculture sustainable consumption threatened plant urban growth water conservation world heritage site youth