Multifunctional Land Use: an Opportunity for Promoting Urban Agriculture in Europe

Tjeerd Deelstra, Donald Boyd, Maaike van den Biggelaar

In: UA Magazine 4 - Integration of UPA in urban planning

Politicians and planners are faced with many competing claims for the use of scarce land in and around cities in industrialised countries. Multifunctional land use - combining different functions within one area - offers a solution. On the basis of a case study in the heavily populated west of the Netherlands, the authors aim to demonstrate that urban agriculture can be promoted as one element land-use offering valuable functions to society.