Division of Survey and Statistics
Edible Cities Network - Integrating Edible City Solutions for social resilient and sustainably productive cities (EdiCitNet)
End: feb 2024
Start: sep 2018
The systemic use of urban landscapes for food production is a major step towards more sustainable, liveable and healthier cities. A multitude of initiatives around the World, however fragmented, are prospering, forming a global movement of Edible Cities. Their products, activities and services – the Edible City Solutions (ECS) - empower loca lcommunities to overcome social problems by their inclusive and participatory dynamics and to create new green businesses and jobs, and thereby generating local economic growth and fostering social cohesion.
More information
The Edible Cities Network Online Platform Project website at Coordinator News item at nibio.noProject participants
Wendy Fjellstad| Status | Concluded |
| External project link | Project website at EC |
| Start - end date | 01.09.2018 - 29.02.2024 |
| Project manager | Sebastian Eiter |
| Division | Division of Survey and Statistics |
| Department | Landscape Monitoring |
EdiCitNet will leverage the substantial benefits that ECS effect today at local level and catalyse their replication EU- and world-wide by launching a fully open and participatory network of cities, empowering their inhabitants by acommon methodology
a) to systematically explore the wealth and diversity of existing ECS,
b) to adapt, plan and implement successfully proven ECS in their specific urban context.
To make this happen, EdiCitNet will close knowledge gaps in the effective implementation of ECS and their transformation into sustainable, innovative business models. This new insight will feed into a openly shared andglobally accessible knowledge base and methodology to enable sustainable and evidence-based integration of ECS into the long-term urban planning of cities covering a large spectrum of urban, climatic, social, environmental and cultural contexts.
Publications in the project
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Urban agriculture is often considered a tool to increase the economic, social and environmental sustainability of cities and city food systems. However, sustainability is difficult to measure, resulting in debate about how sustainable urban agriculture truly is. There is therefore a lack of incentive to promote urban agriculture or protect existing initiatives that are threatened by development pressure on urban land. Monitoring the sustainability impact of urban agriculture could provide evidence and enable politicians and decision makers to make informed decisions about whether and where to prioritise different forms of urban agriculture above competing interests. We used case examples from five European cities to identify the challenges involved in monitoring urban agriculture, from selecting indicators and gathering data, to using the results. We found large differences in approach in terms of what topics to monitor and who was responsible, who gathered the data and when, what data was recorded and how they were stored, and how findings were disseminated or published. Based on these experiences, we recommend stronger involvement of existing interest groups and educational institutions in monitoring urban agriculture, and promotion of convenient tools for data collection by citizen science and for long-term data storage.
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Urban agriculture has the potential to contribute to more sustainable cities, but its impacts are complex and varied. By implementing robust monitoring systems, cities can better understand the true effects of urban farming initiatives. This evidence can then inform smarter policies and more effective urban planning strategies.
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Urbant landbruk kan bidra til mer bærekraftige byer, men virkningene er mangfoldige og komplekse. Gjennom overvåking kan byer bedre forstå effektene av urbant landbruk. Informasjonen kan deretter bidra til mer målrettet politikk og effektiv planlegging.
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Ingrid Heyerdahl Juditte Juul Diab Ragnhild Nygaard Elisabeth Oterholt Peersen Wendy Fjellstad Sebastian EiterAbstract
Over three years, motivations of participants in a neighbourhood garden seemed to reflect the development of the garden from the start-up phase, through consolidation, until a state where further existence requires transitions in responsibility and funding.
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Et regneeksempel for Oslo viser at privat, småskala og ikke-kommersiell dyrking i byer kan øke norsk selvforsyning med poteter, tomater, løk og gulrøtter.
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Pia C. Kristiansen Julie B. Myrås Thea T. Nørvåg Marit I. Kvernmoen Benedicte S. Nilssen Sebastian Eiter Wendy FjellstadAbstract
Participation in Linderud neighbourhood and community garden in Oslo is mostly motivated by social aspects and by the desire to grow organic food.
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The Prinzessinnengarten community garden uses Cultural and Culinary Action Days to invite diverse participants to come together to grow food, learn about sustainable urban agriculture and participate in other cultural and culinary activities. The desire to shape one’s own environment is a major motivation for participating, along with a thirst for knowledge and social exchange.
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Rik De Vreese Adina Dumitru Sebastian Eiter Laurence Jones Laura Wendling Marianne ZandersenAbstract
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Laura Wendling Adina Dumitru K. Arnbjerg-Nielsen C. Baldacchini S. Connop M. Dubovik J. Fermoso K. Hölscher Farrokh Nadim F. Pilla F. Renaud M. L. Rhodes E. San José R. Sánchez J. Skodra J.-M. Tacnet G. Zulian Sebastian Eiter Wendy Fjellstad Kristin Reichborn-KjennerudAbstract
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Kristine Valle Eli Mari Øverdahl Stephanie Degenhardt Kim Weger Wendy Fjellstad Sebastian EiterAbstract
Participating in a neighbourhood and community garden has positive social and emotional impacts, as well as the satisfaction derived from growing food. Adults and teenagers participating in gardening activities at Linderud farm in Oslo report positive experiences most commonly related to social networks, growing food, feelings/emotions and aesthetics.
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Sebastian EiterAbstract
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