Economic Crisis and Peri-Urban Agriculture: A Socio-Environmental Vision

• DOI: 10.5296/jsr.v9i1.12268
• Publication Date: 2018-01-29T07:10:40Z
• Authors: Luca Salvati; Silvia Pili
• Keywords: Urban sprawl

In wealthiest countries, urban sprawl and peri-urban agricultural landscapes are strictly interconnected issues, with dispersed expansion causing inherent land-use conflicts. Interpreting latent socioeconomic processes at the base of agriculture in southern Europe may benefit from a thorough analysis metropolitan dynamics growth change, considering together morphological functional issues. The approach proposed this study is intended to provide an overview new strategies for food production highly fragmented landscapes, investigating point view local actors operating primary sector. A preliminary survey carried out Athens' region, Greece, provides knowledge identify apparent trends farming mutual implications farmers citizens.