Tools for Edible Cities: A Review of Tools for Planning and Assessing Edible Nature-Based Solutions

Resource type: 
Research
EU project stamp: 
No
Main entity: 
Technical Unit of the Euro-Mediterranean Water Information System
Type of entity: 
Research centre/University
Societal challenges: 
Food security
Scope: 
Global
Description: 

This paper reviewed 32 projects related to NbS for food production and 50 tools were identified and characterised. Authors demonstrated that there is a lack of tools capable of supporting users for planning and implementing edible NbS; calculating the food potential of a city and/or of individual edible NbS, including the needed resources for implementation and operation (water, nutrients, energy); and assessing their urban design value, environmental and socio-economic impacts.

Date: 
2021
Journal: 
MDPI Water
Language: 
EN