Challenges for the revitalisation of peri-urban agriculture in Spain: Territorial analysis of the Madrid and Oviedo metropolitan areas

Alonso, Nerea Morán; Muñiz, Ícaro Obeso; Aja, Agustín Hernández; García, Felipe Fernández

doi:10.1515/mgr-2017-0017

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“…The diverse suitability of land for a variety of different forms of use ensures that the peri-urban zone is a place of potential conflict over land-use (Alonso et al, 2017;Sarzynski et al, 2014). A typical circumstance of that kind arises where the same space could serve various economic functions, but demand for these valuable features exceeds the actually supply (Bański, 1998).…”

Section: Economic and Functional Featuresmentioning

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Identification of the spatial extent of the peri-urban area: The case of three cities in Poland

Bański,

Mazurek

2023

Moravian Geographical Reports

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The work detailed here seeks to recognise features by which areas that can be deemed peri-urban differ from both city and countryside, to the extent that a separate specific identity for them can be discerned. The recognised features made it possible to identify the extent of the peri-urban area. The wealth of relevant literature is first considered, and this is seen to relate to the spatial side and to definition on the one hand, and to ongoing socio-economic processes on the other. Several Polish cities are then selected as the authors seek to discuss indicators useful in determining the spatial scope of the said peri-urban zones. The work proceeds on the assumption that these represent a real component of an urban-rural continuum characterised by reduced diversity and intensity of social and economic phenomena with steadily-increasing distance from the limits of a city in the direction of “traditional” rural areas.

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Section: Economic and Functional Featuresmentioning

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Identification of the spatial extent of the peri-urban area: The case of three cities in Poland

Bański,

Mazurek

2023

Moravian Geographical Reports

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“…While empirical studies on macro-economic-and especially micro-economic-factors of land degradation are generally restricted in advanced economies, metropolitan areas are considered a representative 'laboratory' of the economic interactions among the possible agents (directly or indirectly) involved in land degradation [46,96,99]. An example of such interactions, generating both positive and negative impacts on land degradation, is reported in Figure 6 and deals with constraints and opportunities faced by peri-urban farmers.…”

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Caring of the Fringe? Mediterranean Desertification between Peri-Urban Ecology and Socioeconomics

Hälbac-Cotoară-Zamfir

Marucci

Salvia

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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This commentary debates on the role of multiple socioeconomic drivers of fringe land degradation (including, but not limited to, population and social dynamics, economic polarization, and developmental policies), as a novel contribution to the desertification assessment in Southern European metropolitan regions, a recognized hotspot of desertification at the global scale. Expanding rapidly all over the world, metropolitan regions are a geographical space where land degradation drivers and processes assume typical relationships that require further research supporting dedicated policy strategies. To assure a better comprehension of the environmental-economic nexus at the base of land degradation in peri-urban areas, we provided a classification of relevant socioeconomic and territorial dimensions in both macro-scale and micro-scale degradation processes. We also identified the related (contextual) factors that determine an increased risk of desertification in metropolitan regions. Micro-scale factors, such as agricultural prices and off-farm employment, reflect some potential causes of fringe land degradation, with a mostly local and on-site role. Technological change, agricultural prices, and household income influence land vulnerability, but their impact on fringe land degradation was less investigated and supposed to be quite moderate in most cases. Macro-scale factors such as population density, rural poverty, and environmental policies—being extensively studied on a qualitative base—were taken as important drivers of fringe land degradation, although their impact still remains undefined. Regional disparities in land resource distribution, rural poverty, and unsustainable management of environmental resources like soil and water were indirect consequences of land degradation in peri-urban districts. Based on a comparative review of theoretical and empirical findings, strategies mitigating degradation of fringe land and reducing desertification risk in potentially affected metropolitan regions were finally discussed for the Northern Mediterranean basin and generalized to other socioeconomic contexts.

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“…In particular, the large-scale and diversified demand for agricultural products in cities has driven the shifts from traditional monoculture farming (mainly grain crops) to multifunctional modern agriculture [6,7]. While that promotes the rapid advancement of the local economy and society, the unlimited sprawl of urban land and the frequent adjustment of agricultural planting structures have led to the fragmentation of landscapes [8,9], and the changes in Land 2024, 13,193 2 of 25 ecosystem composition, structure, processes, and patterns. Further, these significantly impact ecosystem services and human well-being in PUAs [10,11].…”

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Identifying the Changes in Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being under Agricultural Transformation Contexts in Peri-Urban Areas: A Case Study of the Xi’an Metropolitan Zone, China

Han,

Zhou

2024

Land

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Agricultural transition and specialization in PUAs have reshaped the ecological landscape, economic structure, and rural cultural values worldwide. There is a gap in how to analyze the linkages of ecosystem services (ES) and human well-being (HWB) and how to clearly identify the differences on the dimension (primary concerns) of HWB from a comprehensive perspective. Thus, we selected three typical agricultural transformation modes in the Xi’an metropolitan zone in China, employing social surveys, field mapping, ecosystem service assessment methods, and qualitative analysis methods, and proposed an analytical framework from a comprehensive perspective of “ecological-social-cultural” contexts to examine the changes and mechanism between ES and HWB. The results indicated the following: (1) Agricultural transition has driven the changes not only in ecological landscape, agricultural structure planting and practice modes, and rural economic structure, but also the shift in rural social relationships and cultural values together restructured rural society during agricultural specialization. (2) Due to triggering by the agricultural transition and specialization, great changes occurred in “ecological-social-cultural” contexts in PUAs, the changes of HWB not only reflected in its degree (level), but more importantly, in its dimension (primary concerns). (3) With agricultural transition and specialization, the total value of ES increased, while the HWB rose in three transition modes. (4) The analytical frameworks proposed in the study are suitable to analyze the mechanisms of ES and HWB, and helpful to address the issues on the relation of ES to HWB inevitably being combined with the nature–land system. The approach proposed in the study on distinguishing the differences among the dimensions of well-being based on grounded theory could clearly identify the differences among different “ecological- social-cultural” contexts.

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Challenges for the revitalisation of peri-urban agriculture in Spain: Territorial analysis of the Madrid and Oviedo metropolitan areas

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Cited by 9 publications

References 26 publications

Identification of the spatial extent of the peri-urban area: The case of three cities in Poland

Identification of the spatial extent of the peri-urban area: The case of three cities in Poland

Caring of the Fringe? Mediterranean Desertification between Peri-Urban Ecology and Socioeconomics

Identifying the Changes in Ecosystem Services and Human Well-Being under Agricultural Transformation Contexts in Peri-Urban Areas: A Case Study of the Xi’an Metropolitan Zone, China

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