TY - UNPB
T1 - Smart and Edible
T2 - How Edible Cities Create Smart Public Spaces
AU - Exner, Andreas
AU - Weinzierl, Carla
AU - Cepoiu, Livia
AU - Arzberger, Stephanie
AU - Spash, Clive L.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Edible cities enable the public to harvest produce on public land, supported by public governance arrangements between city administrations and civil society. The main goal of such initiatives is to transform food systems. The project investigated edible cities by comparing cases in Austria, Germany and France. Impacts of edible city initiatives were assessed by expert interviews. The project aimed to generate policy knowledge on the process, outcomes, and good practices of edible city initiatives, which are potentially relevant for the Vienna Smart City strategy and its possible further development towards smart food and public spaces. Edible city initiatives that are jointly driven by the municipality and civil society actors are most promising with regard to citizen engagement, collective empowerment, and the transformation of urban food systems. To this end, all actors involved have to develop a shared vision of edible city, and implement it cautiously, though consistently and in a committed, participatory, and transparent way. This report outlines concrete policy recommendations for successfully transforming Vienna into an edible city.
AB - Edible cities enable the public to harvest produce on public land, supported by public governance arrangements between city administrations and civil society. The main goal of such initiatives is to transform food systems. The project investigated edible cities by comparing cases in Austria, Germany and France. Impacts of edible city initiatives were assessed by expert interviews. The project aimed to generate policy knowledge on the process, outcomes, and good practices of edible city initiatives, which are potentially relevant for the Vienna Smart City strategy and its possible further development towards smart food and public spaces. Edible city initiatives that are jointly driven by the municipality and civil society actors are most promising with regard to citizen engagement, collective empowerment, and the transformation of urban food systems. To this end, all actors involved have to develop a shared vision of edible city, and implement it cautiously, though consistently and in a committed, participatory, and transparent way. This report outlines concrete policy recommendations for successfully transforming Vienna into an edible city.
U2 - 10.57938/b5c7e68a-c126-497a-a0d6-e35df6f36fe0
DO - 10.57938/b5c7e68a-c126-497a-a0d6-e35df6f36fe0
M3 - WU Working Paper
T3 - SRE - Discussion Papers
BT - Smart and Edible
PB - WU Vienna University of Economics and Business
CY - Vienna
ER -