Growth and Sustaining Strategies of Urban Agriculture Based on Interaction with Urban Residents: The Case of Kodaira City, Tokyo Metropolis

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  • IIZUKA Ryo
    Faculty of Tourism and Business Management, Shumei University
  • OTA Kei
    Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University
  • KIKUCHI Toshio
    Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University

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  • 都市住民との交流を基盤とする都市農業の存続・成長戦略
  • 都市住民との交流を基盤とする都市農業の存続・成長戦略 : 東京都小平市の事例
  • トシ ジュウミン ト ノ コウリュウ オ キバン ト スル トシ ノウギョウ ノ ソンゾク ・ セイチョウ センリャク : トウキョウト コダイラシ ノ ジレイ
  • —東京都小平市の事例—

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<p> With rapid globalisation and urbanisation, urban agriculture is experiencing many changes, for instance, in the preferences of consumers, who require more food security. In many cities across the world, urban agriculture is also positioned for food production and community building. In Japan, interest in urban agriculture has grown steadily, supported by the enactment of an urban agriculture law in 2015. Urban agriculture studies have been a controversial topic of research since around the 2000s in many academic fields, including geography. However, there have been few studies on the relationship between agricultural management, or farmers, and urban residents, although capturing interactions among urban residents as consumers and intentions for consuming urban agricultural space are critical when considering the sustainability of urban agriculture. Interactions are explored between farms and urban residents in the context of diversified agricultural management based on a case study using Kodaira city in the Tokyo Metropolis. Because the area is one of the urban agricultural areas of the Tokyo Metropolis, where many independent farmers survive, Kodaira city is a suitable study area to explore the diversification of farming and communication with urban residents. Literature, such as previous studies, is analysed. Then, public survey data is analysed to illustrate the spatial distribution of agricultural management patterns and classify them. In addition to qualitative analysis from field research, interviews with case farmers reveal the decision making of farmers in adopting specific methods of agricultural management and interactions with urban residents. Hence, interactions between farmers and urban residents exist based on agricultural management in Kodaira city. The classification of interaction styles is based on features of the area in a definite pattern. Such interaction styles prevent excessive competition among farms, attract stable customers, and realise sustainable management. Finally, urban agriculture in Kodaira city is founded on interactions with urban residents through the diversification of agricultural management.</p>

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