@InProceedings{NolascoCaSoMoOmLa:2012:IdViSp,
author = "Nolasco, C. L. and Camarinha, P. I. M. and Soler, L. S. and
Monteiro, A. M. V. and Ometto, J. P. H. B. and Lahsen, M.",
affiliation = "{} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {}
and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and
{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
title = "Land use and urban food security: the identification of viable
spaces to produce fresh food near cities – a preliminary analysis
in the surroundings of S{\~a}o Paulo city",
booktitle = "Abstracts...",
year = "2012",
organization = "Planet Under Pressure Conference, (PUP).",
keywords = "Brazil, land use, urban food security, S{\~a}o Paulo city.",
abstract = "In Brazil, the Human Right to Adequate Food was institutionalized
on January 2010, when adequate feed was incorporated within the
Citizens Social Rights as part of the Brazilian Federal
Constitution. Despite that, the access to adequate food necessary
to guarantee and promote such rights has been limited by
consequences of Social-economic and Environmental Global Changes
(ERICKSSEN, 2008; EAKIN, 2010). Cities' expansion in size and
number, and population growth concentrated in urban areas can
reduce viable spaces near cities to produce fresh food to respond
to the rising demand for food by urban consumers (FAO-FCIT \&
RUAF, 2009). Vegetables are vital food for a healthy human diet
(Tofanelli, 2007), and their long route within the market chain
represents a set-back step between production and consumption,
resulting in great losses due to high perishability of these
products (35% of total Brazilian production is lost before
consumption), raising prices (Tofanelli, 2007) and influencing
negatively on the access to food. In this context, the
identification of areas close to consumption centers and suitable
for vegetables production, can subsidize the formulation of public
policies, and be part of a core adaptation mechanism to achieve
food security of urban population in a near future. Thus, this
work aimed to apply GIS techniques to build a map of potential
areas suitable to crop horticulture in the micro region of
S{\~a}o Jos{\'e} dos Campos, S{\~a}o Paulo, Brazil. We adopted
biophysical, infrastructure and spatial zoning data (e.g. soil
types, slope, river and road networks, conservation reserves and
urban areas) and spatial analysis techniques available in SPRING
4.3.3 software. The results provide a rich material to support
stakeholders´ discussion about potential areas where horticulture
could be developed and/or should be tackled as priority areas in a
near future to improve the nutritional security of the citizens of
this region.",
conference-location = "London",
conference-year = "26-29 Mar. 2012",
urlaccessdate = "05 jun. 2024"
}