SVILUPPO DELL’AGRICOLTURA SOSTENIBILE: CARENZE LEGISLATIVE E PROSPETTIVE URBANE

Abstract

Agriculture plays an important role for sustainable development, promoting better social integration through job creation, contributing to healthier food and food security and above all raising awareness of land use processes and contributing to environmentally friendly farming practices. This article aims to contribute to a multidisciplinary perspective on sustainable development and to demonstrate how urban plots can contribute to sustainable development in cities. This study makes a theoretical contribution incorporating a specific Portuguese case. From a practical perspective, the paper discusses how by fostering policy formulation in local and national government levels help to promote and regulate the use of urban plots.