INTEGRATION OF URBAN AGRICULTURE IN URBAN PLANNING – THE CASE STUDY OF PORTO MUNICIPALITY EXTENDED ABSTRACT Joana Leal1 Dissertation for Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georesources, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa Outubro 2015 ABSTRACT Urban agriculture, due to its multifunctional character, contributes to improve the life quality of the population and also to improve the urban sustainability. Urban planning is presented as the process of selecting the best way of action to achieve the desired objectives for an urban area and to prevent new and existing problems. Regarding to this, the present dissertation aims to propose recommendations for a better articulation between urban agriculture and urban planning, using the city of Porto as a case study. The well-being of communities and the attempt to answer their yearnings defines the relevance, the necessity and the opportunity to obtain a clear picture of the evolution, the situation and the perspectives of urban agriculture’s universe, developed and discussed on the literature review. Subsequently were analized, comparatively, the urban agriculture management models of Porto and Lisbon, considering that these are the main metropolitan areas nationwide and whose soil is fully classified as urban. Based on the interviews performed to the main stakeholders of urban agriculture area in Porto municipality, are presented measures, goals and actions, which should be followed to achieve the main objective initially proposed. Keywords: Urban agriculture; urban planning; green infrastructures; sustainability; articulation 1 E-mail adress:
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[email protected] 1 INTRODUCTION Environmental and sustainability issues, quality and food safety, the need for subsistence and the demand for recreation and leisure spaces, are leading to a growing demand, by the population of the cities, for spaces where they can grow their own food, where they can develop urban agriculture (UA).