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ArticleSustainable production and consumption2023

A sustainability scoring system to assess food initiatives in city regions.

Francesco Cirone, Mara Petruzzelli, Fabio De Menna, Antonella Samoggia, Enrico Buscaroli, Emanuele Durante, Francesco Orsini, Martí Rufí-Salís, Pietro Tonini, Xavier Gabarrell Durany and 7 more

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Francesco CironeDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy.
Mara PetruzzelliDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy.
Fabio De MennaDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy.
Antonella SamoggiaDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy.
Enrico BuscaroliDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy.
Emanuele DuranteDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy.
Francesco OrsiniDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy.
Martí Rufí-SalísSostenipra Research Group (2017SGR1683), Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, ICTA-UAB (CEX2019-000940-M), Z Building, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain.
Pietro ToniniSostenipra Research Group (2017SGR1683), Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, ICTA-UAB (CEX2019-000940-M), Z Building, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain.
Xavier Gabarrell DuranySostenipra Research Group (2017SGR1683), Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, ICTA-UAB (CEX2019-000940-M), Z Building, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain.
Luuk GraamansGreenhouse Horticulture, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands.
Agnès Fargue-LelièvreUniversité Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR SAD-APT, Paris, France.
Vèronique Saint-GesUMR SADAPT, INRAe, Université Paris-Saclay, AgroParisTech, Paris, France.
Runrid Fox-KämperILS- Institut für Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung (Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development), Dortmund, Germany.
Kathrin SpechtILS- Institut für Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung (Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development), Dortmund, Germany.
José J Pascual-FernándezInstituto Universitario de Investigación Social y Turismo, Universidad de La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain.
Matteo VittuariDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The City Region Food Systems approach has been proposed to achieve food system resilience and nutrition security while promoting the urgent ecological transition within urban and peri-urban areas, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the great diversity of the initiatives composing City Region Food Systems in Europe poses barriers to the assessment of their integrated sustainability. Hence, the present work is developed within the EU-H2020 project Food System in European Cities (FoodE), to build a consistent sustainability scoring system that allows comparative evaluation of City Region Food System Initiatives. Adopting a Life Cycle Thinking approach, it advances on existing knowledge and past projects, taking advantage of a participatory process, with stakeholders from multidisciplinary expertise. As a result, the research designs, and tests on 100 case studies a simplified and ready-to-use scoring mechanism based on a quali-quantitative appraisal survey tool, delivering a final sustainability score on a 1-5 points scale, to get insights on the social, economic, and environmental impacts. As in line with the needs of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the outcome represents a step forward for the sustainable development and social innovation of food communities in cities and regions, providing a practical and empirical lens for improved planning and governance.

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City region food system initiativesLife cycle thinkingMulti-stakeholder approachScoring mechanismSustainability performance

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PMID36597516
PMCPMC9801700

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