Does urban agriculture improve food security? Examining the nexus of food access and distribution of urban produced foods in the United States: A systematic review

摘要: The aim of our review is to critically analyze the urban agriculture and food systems literature in order understand impact urban-produced foods on community security. We examine role city planning, policy, civic engagement creating spaces for cities across United States, whether (and how) these promote justice Bringing together multidisciplinary access distribution a thematic, systematic review, we point out gaps academic research that would benefit from further study. integrates generated Web Science searches with gray identified through Google Alerts. find while there strong focus elucidating multiple benefits agriculture, are few studies robustly measure farms improving security low-income communities. Much theoretical, focused production potential more work needed overcome barriers among communities need. conclude set recommendations researchers, practitioners, policymakers who seek create justice, equity, access, sovereignty.