Journal article
Feeding cities: Singapore's approach to land use planning for urban agriculture
Global Food Security, Vol.26, Art. 100377
2020
Abstract
Commercial urban agriculture is typically restricted to agriculture land use, green or open spaces, or under-utilised or undeveloped land. As urbanising cities face the double threats of urban food insecurity and land scarcity, multi-functional urban land uses that integrate rather than separate agriculture from other land uses could be a critical adaptation for the sustainability of future cities. With less than 1% of land in agricultural use, the high-density, city-state of Singapore is testing integrative approaches to where and how food can be grown in the city. The shift toward land use multiplicity is prompting cross-agency collaboration in policy development. The aims of this paper were to map changes in agricultural use of land and describe emerging policy trends in Singapore related to cross-agency collaboration and land use multiplicity. Given growing global attention to urban food policy, Singapore is a timely example where policies support integrated urban food production through high-tech intensification, a model AgriFood Innovation Park, and promotion of industrial and commercial land uses toward efficient and value-added activities that include urban farms. More examples of agriculture co-located with other land uses are needed to understand opportunities and challenges related to multi- or shared-use spaces particularly for tenure rights. Resolving regulatory and legal constraints will enable high and low tech farms to produce substantially more food in the city.
Details
- Title
- Feeding cities: Singapore's approach to land use planning for urban agriculture
- Authors/Creators
- J.A. Diehl (Author/Creator) - National University of SingaporeE. Sweeney (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityB. Wong (Author/Creator) - National University of SingaporeC.S. Sia (Author/Creator) - National University of SingaporeH. Yao (Author/Creator) - National University of SingaporeM. Prabhudesai (Author/Creator) - National University of Singapore
- Publication Details
- Global Food Security, Vol.26, Art. 100377
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Identifiers
- 991005544380207891
- Copyright
- © 2020 Elsevier B.V.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Research and Innovation Office
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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