Toward an Evaluation of Cultural Ecosystem Services Delivered by Urban Micro-Farms

Since two decades, urban agriculture has been booming and a wide range of forms, from urban allotment gardens to rooftop farming under greenhouse, is developing. Various benefits are recognized for urban agriculture integration within the city and a specific consideration is dedicated to ecosystem s...

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Published in:Sustainability 2021-02, Vol.13 (4), p.1716
Main Authors: Giacchè, Giulia, Consalès, Jean-Noël, Grard, Baptiste J-P., Daniel, Anne-Cécile, Chenu, Claire
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural ecosystems
Agricultural sciences
Agriculture
Agronomy
Biodiversity
Cultural heritage
Ecosystem services
Ecosystems
Farmers
Farms
Life Sciences
Literature reviews
Nature
Questionnaires
Roofs
Sustainability
Urban agriculture
Urban areas
Urban farming
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Summary:Since two decades, urban agriculture has been booming and a wide range of forms, from urban allotment gardens to rooftop farming under greenhouse, is developing. Various benefits are recognized for urban agriculture integration within the city and a specific consideration is dedicated to ecosystem services. In this article, we have focused on cultural ecosystem services provided by urban micro-farms. The state of the art reveals that urban agriculture delivers cultural ecosystem services that are well perceived and evaluated by users, but there are still few studies on this topic. Based on the analysis of specific literature on cultural ecosystems and micro-farms in parallel to a period of observation and documentary research of five urban micro-farms either on rooftop or at soil level, located in Paris and its surroundings, we proposed a specific methodology. This methodology aimed at quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the cultural ecosystem services provided by urban micro-farms and is based on a framework, which distinguishes exogenous and endogenous cultural ecosystem services.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su13041716