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T1 Disentangling metropolis-city relationships in the governance of sustainability transitions: An in-depth exploration of the case of Rouen, France
A1 Boukharta -, Ouiam Fatiha
A1 Sauvée, Loïc
A1 Pena Fabri, Fabiana
A1 Chico Santamarta, Leticia
A1 Navas Gracia, Luis Manuel
K1 Urban agriculture
K1 Urban agricultural projects
K1 Local food systems
K1 Sustainable transitions
K1 France
K1 31 Ciencias Agrarias
AB Urban agriculture, defined as a system of growing, processing and distributing food in cities, is currentlyemerging as a sustainable solution for ensuring food autonomy and resilience, particularly with rapid populationgrowth and urbanization. This article aims to explore a multi-level governance system, through the hypothesisthat two levels of governance (Metropolis and City of Rouen - France) effectively complement each other in thedomain of urban agriculture, using institutional consultation mechanisms, such as coordination committees andregular 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 thelong-term viability of urban projects. However, many differences were highlighted, such as the selection of urbanagricultural 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 theseprojects, toward more sustainable cities, and eventually in other institutional contexts.
PB Elsevier
SN 0264-2751
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/76170
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/76170
LA eng
NO Cities, 2025, vol. 163, p. 106019
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 14-ago-2025