Design the transition | Transition through food

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Programme

Case study 1

• BETWEEN CITIZENS’ EXCITEMENT AND PUBLIC STRATEGY: CRITICAL VIEWS, CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS FOR THE FOOD TRANSITION IN BRUSSELS
  François Lohest, political scientist, Centre for Sustainable Development Studies, ULB

Case study 2

• METROPOLITAN AGRICULTURE AROUND LAKE GENEVA: A RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS
  Elena Cogato Lanza, Teaching and Research Master, Laboratory of Urbanism EPFL

Keynote speech

• THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES APPROACH: A LEVER FOR URBAN AGRICULTURE?
  Nicolas DENDONCKER, Geographer, professor in geography – University of Namur
  Ecosystem services (ES) represent the set of goods and services on which we depend for our survival and well-being. The ES approach can be a decision support tool. Long restricted to its economic dimension, the evaluation of ES is increasingly integrated and inclusive. This is reflected, among other things, by the analytical framework of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), which is to biodiversity and ES what the IPCC is to climate. An assessment is integrated when it takes into account the different types of values ​​linked to nature (e.g. instrumental but also relational and intrinsic value) and inclusive when it includes the stakeholders in this integration of values. Holistically evaluating the ES also makes it possible to highlight the relationships of interdependence between territory players. This can help to co-create knowledge, which is useful for improving decisions with regard to territorial action.
  Urban agriculture in particular suffers from the non-recognition of a set of ecosystem services that it provides, which makes its implementation difficult because it seems a priori less “profitable” than other land uses in cities (e.g. housing, services…). In this presentation, these remarks will be developed and an approach through the integrated evaluation of the ES can allow a better recognition of the importance of agriculture in cities, as a source of urban well-being, and facilitate its implementation and management.