@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 = "11 maio 2024"
}