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Articoli. Climate chenge and geography

No. 2 (2022)

Urban food policies as a possible arena for urban climate governance

  • Chiara Spadaro
  • Giacomo Pettenati
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3280/rgioa2-2022oa13803
Submitted
maggio 11, 2022
Published
2022-05-30

Abstract

In the last decades, the so-called urban food policies (UFP), which aim to reduce environmental impacts and increase the socio-spatial justice of food systems, have assumed a growing role in the urban sustainability debate. According to some scholars,
these policies constitute an area of great potential for urban climate governance, thanks to the possibility of addressing the food consumption of urban populations, among the main environmental impacts on a global scale. However, critical reflections focus on the real capacity of localized actions and policies to structurally modify complex food systems.
This contribution questions the possible role of UFPs in the framework of urban climate governance, starting from the analysis of the cities included in the Italian Network for Local Food Policies and with two case studies in Roma and Milano.

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