Edible Green Infrastructure for Urban Regeneration and Food Security: Case Studies from the Campania Region
Alessio Russo, Giuseppe T. Cirella
Agriculture, 10(8), 358
Urban Farm DB summary
An empirical study analyzing ten edible green infrastructure (EGI) urban-regeneration case studies in Italy's Campania region through the lens of community development, involvement and education. It documents how citizen-engaged urban gardens contribute to public health (stress reduction, physical activity) and the regeneration of derelict land, with sustainability strengthened by far-sighted urban planning across all five provinces.
Key points
- 1Edible Green Infrastructure (EGI) promotes urban regeneration and local community development, involvement, and education.
- 2City planners are actively promoting urban agriculture in response to an increase in available unused land.
- 3EGI offers public health benefits such as stress reduction and physical activity.
- 4Far-sighted urban planning enhances the sustainability of urban gardens.
- 5All five provinces in the Campania region demonstrated positive impacts from using EGI for urban regeneration and well-being.
- 6The COVID-19 pandemic emphasizes the need to rethink food security and food supply chains.
Extracted facts
1 factOnly numbers and their conditions are stored, as structured data — never the source's own sentences. Metric and condition names stay in English, as coded.
- 5
provinces with positive egi impact(campania province)
Policyn = 10- region
- IT-Campania
- setting
- urban
- study design
- case-study-review
- cases
- 10
Direction of conclusions
Each author conclusion is recorded only as a coded direction per topic. Read the original for the conclusion itself.
- Policy and governanceSupports
- Food securitySupports
- Mental healthSupports
Abstract and stored text
OpenAlexTen identified edible green infrastructure (EGI)-related urban regeneration case studies within the Campania region, Italy, are explored in relation to local community development, involvement, and education. Urban space and agriculture are promoted as sustainably planned networks for edible food components and structures. Within an urban ecosystem, city planners are actively promoting urban agriculture after an increase in the availability of unused land. Advantages for public health include stress reduction and physical activity, as well as sustainability of urban gardens by way of far-sighted urban planning. Case studies within the Campania region illustrate EGI know-hows and awareness, and they elucidate upon a number of beneficial reasons for its implementation. Within the Campania region, all five provinces showed positive impacts when using EGI for urban regeneration and well-being. Recent developments from the COVID-19 pandemic are reinforcing a rethink of food security and food supply chains.
Why it matters for urban farming
This paper directly supports the value of citizen-driven urban farming. It shows how urban gardens, especially those integrated into "edible green infrastructure," can regenerate unused urban land, improve public health by reducing stress and encouraging physical activity, and foster community development. For urban farmers, this means their efforts contribute not just to food production but also to broader urban well-being and sustainability, especially when supported by thoughtful urban planning. The mention of COVID-19 also underscores the increasing importance of local food sources and resilient supply chains, making urban farming a critical component of future food security.