The transition of food systems towards sustainability implies structural changes, namely the development of organic farming and alternative supply chains, where bottom-up experiments play a major role. In the case of food systems, the centrality of territorial units and scales is fundamental. Additionally, the multidimensionality of the innovation process with the inclusion of social, organizational and legal dimensions has to be considered. Bearing this in mind, the paper addresses the role of Metropolitan Areas in the food systems transition focusing on the case of Lisbon Metropolitan Area (LMA). This case is analysed according the following analytical dimensions: i) characterization of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area in socioeconomic and governance terms, namely land use patterns; ii) identification of the relevant policies involved, namely the Common Agricultural Policy; iii) presentation of bottom-up experiments located in LMA within the theoretical framework of the transition studies.

Projecto SPLACH

Food system transition,Metropolitan Areas,Lisbon Metropolitan Area

• Economics and Business - Social Sciences
• Social and Economic Geography - Social Sciences

This publication is an output of the following project(s):

• Social Enterpreneurship in Structurally Weak Rural Regions: Analysing Innovative Troubleshooters in Action