This book gives an overview of frameworks, methods, and case studies useful for the analysis of the relations between agriculture and the city, in Europe and the Mediterranean. Its originality lies in the analysis of urban food systems sustainability from an actors' perspective. All the chapters consider the key role of actors in the definition of innovations and pathways, which enhance sustainability, seen as an ongoing process. Part 1 presents systemic approaches of agricultural-urban interactions at the city-region scale in France, Egypt, Italy and Morocco. Part 2 deals with methods and tools for urban planning and local development, utilized to design and assess sustainable food systems. The Part 3 inventories the recent changes in urban agriculture and the new forms of governance which are emerging in European cities (Athens, Berlin, Lisbon, Montpellier, Paris and Zurich). These results are useful for students, academics and activists involved in local policies and projects.

This book gives an overview of frameworks, methods, and case studies useful for the analysis of the relations between agriculture and the city, in Europe and the Mediterranean. Its originality lies in the analysis of urban food systems sustainability from an actors’ perspective. All the chapters consider the key role of actors in the definition of innovations and pathways, which enhance sustainability, seen as an ongoing process. Part 1 presents systemic approaches of agricultural-urban interactions at the city-region scale in France, Egypt, Italy and Morocco. Part 2 deals with methods and tools for urban planning and local development, utilized to design and assess sustainable food systems. The Part 3 inventories the recent changes in urban agriculture and the new forms of governance which are emerging in European cities (Athens, Berlin, Lisbon, Montpellier, Paris and Zurich).  These results are useful for students, academics and activists involved in local policies and projects.

Chapter 1.  Relations between agriculture and the city in Europe and the Mediterranean.Part 1.  Systemic approaches of agricultural- urban relations.- Chapter 2.  Food, integrating urban and agricultural dynamics in Pisa, Italy.- Chapter 3. Logistic issues and impacts of short food supply chains: case studies in Nord – Pas de Calais, France.- Chapter 4.  Interactions between agriculture and the city : a systemic approach to examine sustainability in Meknes (Morocco).- Chapter 5. Urban farms under pressure: Cairo’s dairy producers, Egypt.Part 2. Methods and tools to design sustainable urban food systems.- Chapter 6. An Ecological Footprint-based Spatial Zoning Approach for Sustainable Metropolitan Agro-Food Systems.- Chapter 7.  Food cells and food nodes. Two new concepts for rethinking traditional urban and food planning practices. The case of Barcelona’s Metropolitan Region.- Chapter 8. The integration between Mediterranean cities and agriculture in local projects. A conceptual framework.- Part 3. Inventory of changes in urban agriculture.- Chapter 9.  Innovative Commercial Urban Agriculture in the Paris metropolitan area.- Chapter 10.  Zero-Acreage Farming: challenges and opportunities for urban policies and partnerships.- Chapter 11.  The emergence of Municipal Allotment Gardens in Greece in times of crisis. Governance challenges for new urban gardening practices.- Chapter 12.  The proliferation of collective gardens in Lisbon (Portugal) and Montpellier (France): urban residents demand and municipal support.- Chapter 13.  The urban agriculture governance in the city of Zurich.- Index.