Identifying agricultural areas with potential for city connections: A regional-scale methodology for urban planning. (April 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Boussougou Boussougou, Guy; Sanz Sanz, Esther; Napoléone, Claude; Martinetti, Davide
• Is Part Of: Land use policy. Volume 103(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-04
• Subjects: Periurban agriculture -- Spatial unit of periurban farmland (USAP) -- Public action -- Regional planning -- Partial least squares-path modeling; Land use -- Periodicals; Land use -- Government policy -- Periodicals; Sol, Utilisation du -- Périodiques; Sol, Utilisation du -- Politique gouvernementale -- Périodiques; Electronic journals; 333.7305
• DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105321
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0264-8377

Abstract

Highlights: Mapping the most likely farmland to the development of short supply food chains. An original quantitative methodology at municipality scale and regional level. Based on free available data and applicable to various geographical contexts. A decision support tool for public action and food planning. Abstract: The main objective of this study was to characterize the spatial structure of periurban agriculture for the purpose of operational urban development, avoiding the use of cumbersome and costly surveys when the public action sphere is extended to a region or a country. On the basis of Partial Least Squares-Path Modeling (PLS-PM), the approach developed here uses data freely available in France and makes it possible to analyze complex relationships between the socio-economic structure of farms, demography, landscape structure, and landscape management and function. The results are used to identify spatial units of periurban farmland (USAP). Aggregated at the municipal level, they reveal municipalities under the influence of an urban pole whose agricultural areas have a greater possibility of developing short marketing chains towards the city and that could consequently justify public support for local supply options.