Problem Statement:
Cultural sustainability of UAI refers to the multifunctional role that urban farms, gardens and other food production sites play as sites of identity formation, place-making, and cultural reproduction (Lovell 2010). Depending on the city region, urban development may directly impact agrarian cultural heritage at the urban-rural interface (e.g., Fleury 2020; Esbah, 2014) and can be critical to preserving unique, culturally-important foodways that create an inclusive urban environment, particularly for immigrant or otherwise marginalized urban communities (Alkon and Agyeman, 2011). These diffuse cultural functions of urban agriculture are shaped by the internal heterogeneity of a city region’s site-specific histories, ongoing human activities, and land uses. We conceptualize these interrelated cultural functions in relation to cultural landscape structure, specifically along the dynamic continuum from urban to suburban to rural spaces within city regions.
Objectives:
To co-define appropriate cultural sustainability indicators for UAI
To evaluate data collection infrastructure needed to inform indicators in an accurate and timely way that meets local needs
To establish concrete, tailored recommendations to address limitations or gaps in this infrastructure.
Research Team
Kiyoko Kanki, PhD Kiyoko is a professor in the School of Architecture and Architectural Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, at Kyoto University. She is the Chair of Rural Planning Committee of Architectural Institute of Japan (2020 Apr.-2023 Mar). She has a PhD in Engineering from Kyoto University in Japan. She has worked for planning and community empowerment at cultural landscape, historic urban landscapes in World Heritage related regions, dense urban cultural areas in Japan, Indonesia and Thailand. Kiyoko leads WP5 activities.
Ken Miura, PhD Ken is an Associate Professor in the Division of Natural Resource Economics at the Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Brown University in May 2020. His research focuses on development microeconomics, with applications in household consumption, technology adoption, intrahousehold allocation, marriage, and political economy.
Other members include Yohei Kiyoyama, PhD , Kei Yasuda, PhD, Yukiho Okuyama, Yukun He, Koya Inada
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