The multi-functional use of urban green space

This paper draws the attention to the use of urban land use as a promising and new playground for urban green space design, including viable small-scale agricultural activities. First, an overview of urban green space planning is given, followed by a typology of approaches to evaluate urban green space. Next, the specific importance of urban green space for  small-scale agriculture and horticulture is highlighted. The paper concludes with an elaboration of the rich multi-tasking performance of urban green space for a modern urbanized society.

In conclusion, the post-productivist model opens perspectives to many new-farm types and new urban-garden forms in cities, which are rapidly changing their general red-brownish cartographic colour into an exciting mix with splashes of bluish-green. Or, in other terms, it is amazing how – just when the rural world is becoming multi-tasking because of the emergence of multifunctional agriculture – urban areas are beginning to identify the important role of agriculture in reshaping the landscape architecture of cities and to put into practice the many new concepts for business-farms and green land-use forms.