Regine Berges

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Making changes for more sustainable actions in relation to the public meal is not easy and much can be done through local initiatives. The StratKIT Sustainability Toolkit is developed to support the change process and provides a comprehensive set of tools that can be used to motivate, guide and facilitate actions that enhances the sustainability of...

Sustainable intensification (SI) of agriculture is a promising strategy for boosting the capacity of the agricultural sector to meet the growing demands for food and non-food products and services in a sustainable manner. Assessing and quantifying the options for SI remains a challenge due to its multiple dimensions and potential associated trade-o...

Eight key principles for sustainable procurement and catering services in the Baltic Sea Region and beyond

The integration of closed biomass cycles into residential buildings enables efficient resource utilization and avoids the transport of biowaste. In our scenario called Integrated Cycles for Urban Biomass (ICU), biowaste is degraded on-site into biogas that is converted into heat and electricity. Nitrification processes upgrade the liquid fermentati...

Progressive global warming is one of the biggest challenges civilization is facing today. The establishment of a carbon dioxide (CO 2 )-neutral society based on sustainable value creation cycles is required to stop this development. The Integrated Cycles for Urban Biomass (ICU) concept is a new concept towards a CO 2 -neutral society. The integrati...

In Germany, more and more Alternative Food Networks are emerging, such as food coops, community-supported agriculture, and selfharvest gardens. Their goal is to provide a more sustainable supply of locally, ecologically or fairly produced foodstuffs. To achieve this goal, urban consumers and producers on the outskirts of the city cooperate directly...

Urban agriculture, a dynamic multifunctional phenomenon, affects the spatial diversification of urban land use, its valorization and its governance. Literature acknowledges its contribution to the development of sustainable cities. The dimension and extent of this contribution depends significantly on the particular form and function of urban agric...

Given the search for new solutions to better prepare cities for the future, in recent years, urban agriculture (UA) has gained in relevance. Within the context of UA, innovative organizational and technical approaches are generated and tested. They can be understood as novelties that begin a potential innovation process. This empirical study is bas...

Food security is becoming an increasingly relevant topic in the Global North, especially in urban areas. Because such areas do not always have good access to nutritionally adequate food, the question of how to supply them is an urgent priority in order to maintain a healthy population. Urban and peri-urban agriculture, as sources of local fresh foo...

The chapter introduces the peri-urban as a specific morphological type and explores the different dimensions of its dynamics. Scenarios for future possible development directions were also explored. This peri-urban zone is intimately associated with the transition from a completely urban structure to that of a rural nature and since it also involve...

This article examines the increasing phenomenon of horsekeeping on farms in the Berlin urban fringe. Responding to a growing demand, the equine services became a relevant farming activity in peri-urban agriculture. Although very common in other metropolitan regions, there is only little empirical knowledge on the structure and dimension of the hors...

Horticulture in peri-urban areas of Metropolitan regions is exposed to prevalent urban pressures and opportunities. Operational limitations, land competition and conflicts with other land uses but also urban demand for fresh and high-quality products allow adaptation of the farming activity. In this paper, farm holders’ evaluation of the periurban...

This deliverable report describes the European inte grated Impact Assessment Tool (iIAT- EU) which has been conceptionally developed and tec hnically implemented within the European IP PLUREL. As an important mean of dissemi nation of the research project’s results, the iIAT-EU represents a novel interface between science and p olicy-making. In...

International retirement migration has become an increasing phenomenon in the Mediterranean region of Alicante, Spain. Through an interdisciplinary approach, relationships between the migration process, landscape change and environmental impacts are examined. Lifestyle-related perceptions and demands of UK retirees are studied as a major driving fo...