Abstract
Based on research undertaken in Berlin, Milan, London, Ljubljana, Rotterdam and Nairobi, the EU FP7 Project ‘Food Planning and Innovation for Sustainable Metropolitan Regions’ (www.foodmetres.eu) has developed a string of assessment tools and food planning concepts that are especially geared towards the role of metropolitan regions as spatial-functional entities of sustainable food supply. Focusing on the example of the Rotterdam Metropolitan Region, this paper puts forward a spatial-analytical approach that combines an ecological footprint analysis with land use assessment and knowledge on the impacts of food chains on the social, environmental and economic dimensions of the agro-food sector. Drawing upon existing work, we have developed an approach to delineate Metropolitan Agro-Food Systems (MAS) as spatially explicit foodsheds. Taking the food demand of a city into consideration, the required amount and location of ‘local hectares’ of agricultural areas meeting these demands are identified as the starting point illustrating the challenge of feeding an urban population. Using the example of the Rotterdam region, we show how the von Thünen model can be adapted to a dynamic interpretation of the regional food supply potentials on the basis of local hectare calculations deriving from food consumption census data.
Keywords
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Alonso W (1964) Location and land use. Harvard University Press, Cambridge
Antrop M (2004) Landscape change and urbanisation process in Europe. Landsc Urban Plan 67:9–26
Best A, Giljum S, Simmons C, Blobel D, Lewis K, Hammer M, Cavalieri S, Lutter S, Maguire C (2008) Potential of the ecological footprint for monitoring environmental impacts from natural resource use: analysis of the potential of the Ecological Footprint and related assessment tools for use in the EU’s. Thematic strategy on the sustainable use of natural resources. Report to the European Commission, DG Environment
Birnbaum CA, Hughes MV (eds) (2005) Design with culture. Claiming American landscape heritage. University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville. 224 pages
Brabantse Milieufederatie (2009) How to feed Tilburg. Research implemented by Wageningen University with advice by Prof. Dr. Han Wiskerke, Wageningen. 33 pages
Brezzi M, Piacentini M, Rosina K, Sanchez-Serra D (2012) Redefining urban areas in OECD countries, in Redefining “urban”: a new way to measure metropolitan areas. OECD
Briggs J (2011) The EUREAPA technical report. Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York. UK. One Planet Economy Network. 38 pages
Caspersen OH, Konijnendijk CC, Olafsson AA (2006) Green space planning and land use: an assessment of urban regional and green structure planning in Greater Copenhagen. Dan J Geogr 106(2):7–20
Chen D, Gao W, Chen Y, Qiao Z (2010) Ecological footprint analysis of food consumption of rural residents in China in the latest 30 years. Agric Agric Sci Procedia 1(2010):106–115
Christaller W (1933) Die zentralen Orte in Süddeutschland. Jena: Gustav Fischer (Translated (in part), by Charlisle W. Baskin, as Central Places in Southern Germany. Prentice Hall 1966)
Deng X, Huang J, Rozelle S, Uchida E (2010) Economic growth and the expansion of urban land in China. Urban Stud 47(4):813–843
EEA (2014) Environmental indicator report 2014. Environmental impacts of production-consumption systems in europe. The European Environment Agency, Copenhagen. 125 pages
EFSA (2011) Chronic food consumption statistics. Available at: http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/datexfoodcdb/datexfooddb.htm
European Commission (2008) Potential of the ecological footprint for monitoring environmental impacts from natural resource use analysis of the potential of the Ecological Footprint and related assessment tools for use in the EU’s Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable. Use of Natural Resources. DG Environment – Final Report. 312 pages
FAO (2010) FAO statistical yearbook. FAO, Rome, Italy, 2010. Available at: http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/am081m/am081m00.htm
Gerben-Leens PW, Nonhebel S, Ivens WPMF (2002) A method to determine land requirement relating to food consumption patterns. Agric Ecosyst Environ 90:47–58
Glaeser EL, Kahn ME (2003) Sprawl and urban growth. In: Henderson JV, Thisse JF (eds) Handbook of regional and urban economics. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp 2481–2527
Halden D, Jones P, Wixey S (2005) Measuring accessibility as experienced by different socially disadvantaged groups. Accessibility analysis literature review working paper 3. Accessed from www.tecmagazine.com/universities
Jansma J-E (2013) Urban footprint manual. Assumptions, background and methods. http://www.stedelijkefoodprint.nl
Jansma J-E, Sukkel W, Stilma ESC, van Oost AC, Visser AJ (2012) The impact of local food production on food miles, fossile energy use and greenhouse gas emissions: the case of the Dutch city of Almere. In: Viljoen A, Wiskerke SC (eds) Sustainable food planning – evolving theory and practice. Wageningen Academinc Publishers, Wageningen, pp 115–126
Kempen M (2012) EU wide analysis of the common agricultural policy using spatially disaggregated data. Inaugural-Dissertation, Bonn. 96 pages
Kempen M, Heckelei T, Britz W, Leip A, Koeble R (2005) A statistical approach for spatial disaggregation of crop production in the EU. In: Arfini F (2005) “Modelling agricultural policies: state of the art and new challenges”, proceedings of the 89th EAAE Seminar, pp 810–830
Kneafsey M, Venn L, Schmutz U, Balázs B, Trenchard L, Eyden-Wood T, Bos E, Sutton G, Blackett M (2013) Short food supply chains and local food systems in the EU. A state of play of their socio-economic characteristics. JRC scientific and policy reports. Rep. 25911, Joint Research Centre, Seville. 128 pages.
Litman T (2003) Transportation cost analysis: techniques, estimates and implications. VTPI. www.vtpi.org/tca
MacDonald E (2013) Pleasure drives and promenades: the history of Frederick Law Olmsted’s Brooklyn Parkways. Columbia College Chicago Press. 240 pages
MRDH (2014) Agenda economisch Vestigingsklimaat. Concept-versie t.b.v. consultatie gemeenten. Metropoolregio Rotterdam Den Haag. http://mrdh.nl/sites/mrdh.nl/files/files/Agenda%20Economisch%20Vestigingsklimaat%20MRDH%20AB141219.pdf
Mücher CA, Klijn JA, Wascher DW, Schaminée JHJ (2010) A new European Landscape Classification (LANMAP) – a transparent, flexible and user-oriented methodology to distinguish landscape. Ecol Indic 10:87–103
Smeets PJAM (2009) Expeditie Agroparken. Ontwerpend onderzoek naar metropolitane landbouw en duurzame ontwikkeling. Ph. D. thesis Wageningen Universiteit, Wageningen 2009. – With ref. – With summary in English and Dutch. 346 pp
Smeets PJAM, Harms WB, van Mansfeld MJM, van Susteren AWC, van Steekelenburg MGN (2004) Metropolitan delta landscapes. In: Tress G, Tress B, Harms WB, Smeets PJAM, van der Valk AJJ (eds) Planning metropolitan landscapes; concepts, demands, approaches. Alterra Green World Research, Wageningen, pp 103–113: [s.n.]
Steen-Olsen K, Weinzettel J, Cranston G, Ertug Ercin A, Hertwich EG (2012) Carbon, land, and water footprint accounts for the European Union: consumption, production, and displacements through international trade. Environmental science and technology. ACS Publication, Report 10833. 9 pages
Taylor PJ (2012) Transition towns and world cities: towards green networks of cities. Local Environ 17(4):495–508
Terluin IJ, Kamphuis BM, Oudendag DA, van Leeuwen MGA (2013) Voedselvoorziening in Nederland onder buitengewone crisisomstandigheden. LEI-Rapport 2013–012. Den Haag. 100 pages
Tress G, Tress B, Harms WB, Smeets PJAM, van der Valk AJJ (eds) (2004) Planning metropolitan landscapes; concepts, demands, approaches. Alterra Green World Research, Wageningen, pp 103–113
van Eupen M, Metzger MJ, Pérez-Soba M, Verburg PH, van Doorn A, Bunce RGH (2012) A rural typology for strategic European policies. Land Use Policy 29(3):473–482
van Gelder JW, Herder A (2012) Soja Barometer 2012. Een onderzoeksrapport voor de Nederlandse sojacoalitie. Profundo, Amsterdam. 83 pages
van Latesteijn HC (2008) TransForum: organizing the transition towards metropolitan agriculture. Executive summary of a presentation at the agriculture in transition conference. Wageningen 26–28.10.2008
van Steekelenburg M (2009) Metropolitan agriculture. Plan van Aanpak. Concept. Transforum. Xplorelab. Zoutemeer. 16 pages
Verzandvoort SE, Arets E, Hack-ten Broeke M (2013) Werken aan een handreiking voor het berekenen van een ecologische voetafdruk Eindrapport KBIV WOt 2013, Alterra, Wageningen UR, Alterra Report 2554. 92 pages
von Thünen JH (1826) The Isolated State. English translation by Carla M. Wartenberg, with an introduction by the editor. Pergamon Press. 1966
Wackernagel M, Rees W (1996) Our ecological footprint: reducing human impact on earth. New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island
Wascher DM (2012) SUSMETRO – ein Steuerungsinstrumentarium zur Erhöhung der Versorgungseffizienz metropolitaner Landschaften als Beitrag zur Nachhaltigkeit städtischer Ballungsräume. In: Heiland S, Demuth B (eds) Tagungsband der Veranstaltung‚ Landschaft 2030′ des Bundesamtes für Naturschutz. Vilm in Zusammenarbeit mit der Technischen Universität, Berlin
Wascher DM, Roos-Klein Lankhorst J, Agricola H, de Jong A (2010) Impact assessment tools for food planning in metropolitan regions. Final report from the SUSMETRO Project, TransForum, Zoetermeer. 68 pages
Wascher DM, Zasada I, Jeurissen L, Arciniegas G, de Kroes J, Sali G, Corsi S, Monaco F, Schmutz U, Glavan M, Pohle D, van Eupen M (2015) Indicators, tools and method for metropolitan footprint tools. Deliverable report D3.3, FoodMetres, FP7 ResearchProject, 57 pages (not published)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2017 Springer International Publishing AG
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Wascher, D., Jeurissen, L., Jansma, JE., van Eupen, M. (2017). An Ecological Footprint-Based Spatial Zoning Approach for Sustainable Metropolitan Agro-Food Systems. In: Soulard, CT., Perrin, C., Valette, E. (eds) Toward Sustainable Relations Between Agriculture and the City. Urban Agriculture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71037-2_6
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71037-2_6
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-71035-8
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-71037-2
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life SciencesBiomedical and Life Sciences (R0)