Addressing Food Deserts Through Re-localized Agriculture: Four Design Typologies with Community Engagement for Urban Food System Expansion on Available Municipal Land
Abstract:Tucson, Arizona has been a historic passageway and home to a rich overlay of settlement patterns for over 4,000 years. Currently, 13.6% of current Tucson residents live in food deserts, areas that are low-income and have restricted access to healthy and affordable foods. Despite its agricultural history, recent efforts to relocalize urban food production to meet these local nutritional needs face stern criticism that the city is already water-stressed and cannot afford the irrigation required for food growth. … Show more
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