2nd International Conference on Urban Agriculture and City Sustainability 2020

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  • Location Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
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  • Date 29-09-2020 - 01-10-2020
Conference Title
2nd International Conference on Urban Agriculture and City Sustainability 2020
Event Type
Conference
Conference Date
29-09-2020 to 01-10-2020
Location
Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Organization Name / Organize By
Wessex Institute
Organizing/Related Departments
Wessex Institute
Organization Type
Institution
ConferenceCategory
Non Technical
ConferenceLevel
International
Related Industries

Education/Teaching/Training/Development

Agriculture/Agribusiness

Location
Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

The aim of the meeting is to review and discuss ways in which urban agriculture can contribute to achieving sustainable cities.

As urban populations continue to increase it is essential to consider ways of reducing their impact in terms of use of natural resources, waste production and climate change.

The increasing number of people in cities requires new strategies to supply the necessary food with limited provision of land and decreasing resources. This will become more challenging unless innovative solutions for growing and distributing food in urban environments are considered.

The scale of modern food production has created and exacerbated many vulnerabilities and the feeding of cities is now infinitely more complex. As such, the food system cannot be considered secure, ethical or sustainable.

In the last few years, there has been a rapid expansion in initiatives and projects exploring innovative methods and processes for sustainable food production. The majority of these projects are focused on providing alternative models that shift the power back from the global food system to communities and farmers improving social cohesion, health and wellbeing. It is therefore not surprising that more people are looking towards urban farming initiatives as a potential solution.

These initiatives have demonstrated that urban agriculture has the potential to transform our living environment towards ecologically sustainable and healthy cities. Urban agriculture can also contribute to energy, natural resources, land and water savings, ecological diversity and urban management cost reductions.

The impact urban agriculture can have on the shape and form of our cities has never been fully addressed. How cities embed these new approaches and initiatives, as part of new urban developments and a city regeneration strategy is critical.

The Urban Agriculture conference will address these challenges and search for new solutions.

Topics

The following list covers some of the topics to be presented at Urban Agriculture. Papers on other subjects related to the objectives of the conference are also welcome.

Development and planning

  • Urban metabolism
  • History of urban agriculture
  • Integrated urbanism
  • Sustainable land use
  • Urban and peri-urban enterprises
  • Green infrastructures and sustainable urbanism
  • CPULs - Continuous Productive Urban Landscapes
  • City food chains
  • Food sovereignty
  • Urban distribution and processing systems
  • Market gardens
  • Sustainable urban drainage
  • Water resources and irrigation systems
  • Sustainable food systems
  • Organic farming
  • Food security

Urban farms

  • Patchwork farms
  • Pop-up farms
  • Roof top farms
  • Green roofs
  • Vertical greening and farms
  • Hydroponics, aquaponics and aeroponics
  • Hydrogardens
  • Composting in cities
  • Allotment systems
  • Guerrilla gardening
  • Permaculture and agricultural forestry
  • Urban animal farms and bee-keeping
  • Greenhouses
  • Food networks

Socio-economic aspects

  • Community supported agriculture
  • Community cohesion and job creation
  • Community gardens
  • Communities as co-producers
  • School and young urban farmers
  • Education and training

Innovation and benefits

  • Closed loops systems
  • Transport and distribution
  • Waste food recovery and recycling
  • Renewable energy resources
  • Healthy cities
  • Care farming
  • Ecological water systems
  • Biofuel production in cities
  • Quality of streets and urban environment
  • Reduction of Urban Heat Island
  • Farm to fork
  • Eco-cities and eco-villaging
  • Show cities
  • Air pollution reductions
  • Organic farming

Case studies

Registration Fees
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Registration Ways
Email
Phone
Website
Address/Venue
  Hotel Valencia Oceanic, Carrer del Pintor Maella, 35, 46023 Valencia, Spain 
Contact
Priscilla Cook

Wessex Institute Ashurst Lodge, Ashurst Southampton, SO40 7AA

[email protected]

     +44 238 029 3223