Healthy urban food

The nexus between public health, food systems and city-region governance

Authors

  • Marta De Marchi Università Iuav di Venezia
  • Maria Chiara Tosi

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https://doi.org/10.24306/TrAESOP.2023.01.005

Keywords:

city-region food systems, local development, public policies, Venice lagoon, living lab

Abstract

Food is a territorial system that is closely linked to public health, social equity, and land policies. Eating habits are at the root of both incidence of cardiovascular disease and the phenomenon of malnutrition. Food often entails social inequity and is acquiring, directly and indirectly, ever greater relevance in the tools of territorial governance. The Cities2030 project is being developed and financed by the European Horizon 2020 programme. The methodology agreed upon by the partners envisages the involvement of all interest groups and actors within the food system arena through the installation of urban Policy and Living Labs. The University Iuav of Venice is involved in the development of two labs in the Veneto region: one in the city of Vicenza, the other in the Venice lagoon. Working in these two labs will make it possible to reflect on two food systems which are very different even though they are geographically close.

How to Cite

De Marchi, M., & Tosi, M. C. (2023). Healthy urban food: The nexus between public health, food systems and city-region governance. Transactions of the Association of European Schools of Planning, 7(1), 45–52. https://doi.org/10.24306/TrAESOP.2023.01.005

Published

01-10-2023

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