The making of a sustainable food city in Barcelona: insights from the water, energy, and food urban nexus
This paper examines the making of urban sustainable food provisioning through the case of Barcelona. Barcelona is seeking to develop a more sustainable food system. It aims to green its municipal food markets by reducing the distances from which the food is sourced from. This has been labelled by th...
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doaj-c0f1a0a737d04fa7b4888b02f6712abd2021-01-26T11:50:11ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Integrative Environmental Sciences1943-815X1943-81682020-12-0117211910.1080/1943815X.2019.16757151675715The making of a sustainable food city in Barcelona: insights from the water, energy, and food urban nexusMoises Covarrubias0Ingrid Boas1Wageningen University and Research CentreWageningen University and Research CentreThis paper examines the making of urban sustainable food provisioning through the case of Barcelona. Barcelona is seeking to develop a more sustainable food system. It aims to green its municipal food markets by reducing the distances from which the food is sourced from. This has been labelled by the city of Barcelona as “proximity food”. We shed light on how, and to what extent, proximity food contributes to making the city more sustainable. To frame our analysis, we employ concepts from networks and flows as developed in sociology by Manuel Castells. We examine the provisioning processes that proximity food goes through before they enter retail markets. This includes an analysis of connections with urban energy and water flows. This so-called water, energy and food Urban Nexus, which we argue to be a key factor in the greening of urban food systems. This means that sustainability of food is not just determined by physical distances between its provisioning processes per se but by the specific ways in which food flows relate to connections (both physical and social) with energy and water.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1943815X.2019.1675715urban nexusgovernancenetworks and flowswater-energy-foodfood city |
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The making of a sustainable food city in Barcelona: insights from the water, energy, and food urban nexus |
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The making of a sustainable food city in Barcelona: insights from the water, energy, and food urban nexus |
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The making of a sustainable food city in Barcelona: insights from the water, energy, and food urban nexus |
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The making of a sustainable food city in Barcelona: insights from the water, energy, and food urban nexus |
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The making of a sustainable food city in Barcelona: insights from the water, energy, and food urban nexus |
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making of a sustainable food city in barcelona: insights from the water, energy, and food urban nexus |
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Taylor & Francis Group |
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Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences |
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1943-815X 1943-8168 |
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2020-12-01 |
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This paper examines the making of urban sustainable food provisioning through the case of Barcelona. Barcelona is seeking to develop a more sustainable food system. It aims to green its municipal food markets by reducing the distances from which the food is sourced from. This has been labelled by the city of Barcelona as “proximity food”. We shed light on how, and to what extent, proximity food contributes to making the city more sustainable. To frame our analysis, we employ concepts from networks and flows as developed in sociology by Manuel Castells. We examine the provisioning processes that proximity food goes through before they enter retail markets. This includes an analysis of connections with urban energy and water flows. This so-called water, energy and food Urban Nexus, which we argue to be a key factor in the greening of urban food systems. This means that sustainability of food is not just determined by physical distances between its provisioning processes per se but by the specific ways in which food flows relate to connections (both physical and social) with energy and water. |
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urban nexus governance networks and flows water-energy-food food city |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1943815X.2019.1675715 |
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