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Título
Disentangling metropolis-city relationships in the governance of sustainability transitions: An in-depth exploration of the case of Rouen, France
Autor
Año del Documento
2025
Editorial
Elsevier
Descripción
Producción Científica
Documento Fuente
Cities, 2025, vol. 163, p. 106019
Resumen
Urban agriculture, defined as a system of growing, processing and distributing food in cities, is currently
emerging as a sustainable solution for ensuring food autonomy and resilience, particularly with rapid population
growth and urbanization. This article aims to explore a multi-level governance system, through the hypothesis
that two levels of governance (Metropolis and City of Rouen - France) effectively complement each other in the
domain of urban agriculture, using institutional consultation mechanisms, such as coordination committees and
regular meetings with project leaders, while monitoring urban agricultural projects, coordinating initiatives,
specifying responsibilities and resolving disagreements. A total of 19 semi-structured interviews were conducted,
to gain a better understanding of their actual achievements and future goals. The results show that many sim-
ilarities exist relating to social aspects and education, consumption of fresh products and the desire to ensure the
long-term viability of urban projects. However, many differences were highlighted, such as the selection of urban
agricultural projects, where the metropolis is less strict than the city in terms of plot size and soil analysis re-
quirements. This paper is recommended as a basis for future research to maximize the implementation these
projects, toward more sustainable cities, and eventually in other institutional contexts.
Materias Unesco
31 Ciencias Agrarias
Palabras Clave
Urban agriculture
Urban agricultural projects
Local food systems
Sustainable transitions
France
ISSN
0264-2751
Revisión por pares
SI
Patrocinador
European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program. grant agreement no.101000717
Patrocinador
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/101000717
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Propietario de los Derechos
© 2025 The Author(s)
Idioma
eng
Tipo de versión
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Derechos
openAccess
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