Edited by
Gwenn Pulliat, CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research), France.
ISBN : 9781789452365
Publication Date : April 2026
Hardcover 298 pp
170 USD
Co-publisher
Urban and peri-urban agriculture currently attracts considerable attention from citizens, policymakers and researchers. Perceived positively for its contributions to urban sustainability and food systems, it nonetheless faces significant challenges, including urban pressure on agricultural land, the economic viability of farms, and environmental pollution, among other concerns.
Cities and Agriculture examines intra- and peri-urban agricultural spaces and the stakeholders driving them, analyzing the socio-spatial dynamics currently at play. Drawing on a variety of case studies from contrasting geographic contexts, it demonstrates how issues manifest locally yet recur globally, transcending the North-South divide. This book thus offers insights into the making of urban regions through the lens of their agricultural spaces.
Part 1. Spaces.
1. The Urban Vegetable Garden: A Socioecological Component of the City, Thi-Thanh-Hien Pham and Paul Émile Tchinda.
2. Unequal Access to Agricultural Land within Cities, Angèle Proust.
3. The Reconfiguration of a Peri-urban Market Gardening Plain, Isabelle Duvernoy.
Part 2. Stakeholders.
4. Urban Agriculture and Food Assistance, Camille Hochedéz.
5. Commercial Urban Agriculture in Global City Centers, Ségolène Darly and Kristin Reynolds.
6. Peri-urban Farmers Navigating Multiple Expectations, Héloïse Leloup.
Part 3. Environment.
7. The Environmental Services of Urban Agriculture, Gwenn Pulliat.
8. Agriculture in Environmental Risk Management, Gwenn Pulliat.
9. Gardening in the Post-industrial City, Louise Clochey.
Gwenn Pulliat is Researcher in Geography at CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research), France. Her work mostly focuses on urban food systems, particularly on the social and environmental challenges of food production in urban regions.
